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Murder Ahoy (1964)
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22 September 1964 (USA) morePlot:
After Miss Marple is made a trustee of a merchant marine training vessel, a fellow trustee is poisoned, and ship's officers are later murdered after she comes on board. full summary | add synopsisUser Comments:
A life on the ocean waves...NOT! moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Margaret Rutherford | ... | Miss Marple | |
| Lionel Jeffries | ... | Captain Rhumstone | |
| Charles 'Bud' Tingwell | ... | Det. Insp. Craddock (as Charles Tingwell) | |
| William Mervyn | ... | Breeze-Connington | |
| Joan Benham | ... | Matron Alice Fanbraid | |
| Stringer Davis | ... | Mr. Stringer | |
| Nicholas Parsons | ... | Dr. Crump | |
| Miles Malleson | ... | Bishop | |
| Henry Oscar | ... | Lord Rudkin | |
| Derek Nimmo | ... | Humbert | |
| Gerald Cross | ... | Brewer | |
| Norma Foster | ... | Shirley | |
| Terence Edmond | ... | Sgt. Bacon | |
| Francis Matthews | ... | Compton | |
| Lucy Griffiths | ... | Millie |
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93 minCountry:
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1.66 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)Certification:
Netherlands:12 | Finland:K-16 | Norway:12 | Sweden:15 | West Germany:12 | UK:U | USA:UnratedFun Stuff
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The screenplay was not based on any published Agatha Christie story. It did, however, borrow a few obscure plot details from "They Do It With Mirrors" and there is a delightful moment when Miss Marple pays homage to Christie's long-running play, "The Mousetrap." moreGoofs:
Miscellaneous: Behind the opening credits Miss Marple is in a shop changing room and being dressed with clothes successively removed from a shop dummy. However the clothes are obviously removed from the dummy in the reverse order from that in which they would be put on. moreQuotes:
Miss Marple: Are you implying that I am unhinged?Det. Insp. Craddock: No. No, of course not!
Miss Marple: Then what are you implying, pray?
Det. Insp. Craddock: Well, just that you are temporarily not yourself.
Miss Marple: Chief Inspector, I am *always* myself!
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This was the fourth and final offering in the Rutherford/Marple quartet of old English masterpieces. As good as it was though - and it did not let us down as yet another reminder of how quaint some parts of a middle class England of yesteryear were - this was, perhaps, the least riveting of the great Dame's portrayal of the delightful Miss Marple.
For those who are interested in locations, the centrepiece of the tale, H.M.S.Battledore, was anchored in the bay betwixt Falmouth and St.Mawes (in cushty Cornwall) with the latter named small town providing the backdrop for the thefts of the scallywags who were supposed to be being reformed as part of a trust initiative to aid young men who had been led astray. From the outset of the plot, a 'snuff' murder way ahead of its time, we were kept on our toes as Miss Marple (as ever, ably assisted by her elderly beau, Mr.Stringer) weaved her way through the suspects aboard that fabulous old ship which looks as if it has just been vacated by Drake or Nelson. Nevertheless, the contemporary Captain, played to perfection (by Lionel Jeffries) with a mixture of 'old sea salt' zest and a zany personality unmatched by the rest of the crew, almost upstages the film's star with his demeanour ranging from the seeming son of Blackbeard through to a sort of Peter Pan who has lived all his dreams and desires of great seamanship within a perpetual stone's throw of land.
The sword fight at the end may ahve been a bit naff - but it didn't matter, we knew who would win as Jane was bound to have been a fencing champion of some sort in her merry old past. But what was surprsing was that this proved to be the last of a proven fromula that ought to have been repeated many times over.
A thoroughly good yarn - best watched with a flaggon of cider to keep one's whistle wet!