: Donald Sutherland (Dr. Calgary), Faye Dunaway (Rachel), Christopher Plummer (Leo).
: Rachel Argyle, a wealthy philanthropist, is bludgeoned to death in her home, Sunny Point. Ordeal by Innocence
: Two years after the murder, Dr. Arthur Calgary appears. He was the one person who could have provided Jacko with an alibi but was in an accident and suffered from amnesia. : Donald Sutherland (Dr
: The novel delves into the psychological complexities of adoption, specifically the tension between gratitude and the feeling of being an "experiment" or a "possession." : Two years after the murder, Dr
: Agatha Christie cited this as one of her two personal favorites among her own novels (the other being Crooked House ).
: The eldest daughter. She is devotedly protective of her husband, Philip, who was paralyzed in a car accident.
: The title refers to the medieval practice of "trial by ordeal," where innocence was "proven" by surviving a dangerous test. Here, the "ordeal" is the psychological torture of mutual suspicion.