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Agatha Christie
EMI Films
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Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the murderer among them all?
Jane Marple solves the mystery when a local woman is poisoned and a visiting movie star seems to have been the intended victim.
CinemaSerf
Sep 26, 2022 · via TMDB
"Lola, dear, there really are only two things I dislike about you... your face!". Very much a poor relation of the other Brabourne/Goodwin crime ("Death on the Nile" (1978) etc.) thrillers, this just doesn't ever really ignite. Angela Lansbury takes on the mantle of super-sleuth "Miss Marple" who is helping her nephew "Insp. Craddock" (Edward Fox) investigate the mysterious poisoning of the rather star-struck "Miss Babcock" (Maureen Bennett). Starstruck? Well so would we be if the local manor house was being inhabited by Elizabeth Taylor ("Marina") and her husband "Jason" (Rock Hudson). They are re-making "The Virgin Queen" with Miss Taylor wearing the crown and Kim Novak picking up the Joan Collins part in the film, and who is married to producer "Fenn" (Tony Curtis) for the purpose of this drama. Whodunit? Well there's the thing. Whilst they all pretty universally disliked "Marina", why kill this random, gushing, fan? Of course, "Miss Marple" and her cunning brain soon starts to pull together a really weak and threadbare storyline that all centres around a painting. There is plenty of star quality on offer here, but it doesn't gel and as the story progresses it is almost as if the talent were never on set for long at the same time - it's terribly disjointed. The ending is poor - no other word for it. Indeed, that's all that can be said for this really lacklustre project for which money was clearly no object, but a script and compelling screenplay certainly were.
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Angela Lansbury
Miss Marple
Geraldine Chaplin
Ella Zielinsky
Tony Curtis
Martin N. Fenn
Edward Fox
Inspector Craddock
Rock Hudson
Jason Rudd
Kim Novak
Lola Brewster
Elizabeth Taylor
Marina Rudd
Wendy Morgan
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Margaret Courtenay
Mrs. Bantry
Charles Gray
Bates, The Butler
Maureen Bennett
Heather Babcock
Carolyn Pickles
Miss Giles
Charles Lloyd Pack
Vicar
Richard Pearson
Doctor Haydock
Peter Woodthorpe
Scout Master
Anthony Steel
Sir Derek Ridgeley ("Murder at Midnight")
Dinah Sheridan
Lady Amanda Ridgeley ("Murder at Midnight")
Kenneth Fortescue
Charles Foxwell ("Murder at Midnight")
Hildegard Neil
Lady Foxcroft ("Murder at Midnight")
Allan Cuthbertson
Peter Montrose ("Murder at Midnight")
John Bennett
Barnsby ("Murder at Midnight")
Nigel Stock
Inspector Gates ("Murder at Midnight")
Stephen Boswell
Mr. Rudd's 1st Assistant Director (uncredited)
Pierce Brosnan
Actor Playing Jamie (uncredited)
Bill Dean
Man in Village Hall (uncredited)
Frank Ellis
Policeman (uncredited)
Sam Kydd
Film Technician (uncredited)
Richard Leech
Director of Photography (uncredited)
Derek Lyons
Queen's Guard (uncredited)
Angus MacKay
Coroner (uncredited)
Ann Nelson
Party Guest (uncredited)
Llewellyn Rees
Villager at Film Screening (uncredited)
Norman Wooland
Medical Examiner (uncredited)
Guy Hamilton
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Agatha Christie
Novel
Jonathan Hales
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Maigret at Bay
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