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The Mirror Crack'd (1980)
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19 December 1980 (USA)
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Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the murderer among them all?
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Jane Marple solves the mystery when a local woman is poisoned and a visiting movie star seems to have been the intended victim. full summary | add synopsis
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1 nomination
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Taylor's Last Great Film To Date!
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Angela Lansbury | ... | Miss Jane Marple |
 | Wendy Morgan | ... | Cherry |
| Margaret Courtenay | ... | Mrs. Bantry |
| Charles Gray | ... | Bates, the Butler |
| Maureen Bennett | ... | Heather Babcock |
| Carolyn Pickles | ... | Miss Giles |
| Eric Dodson | ... | The Major |
| Charles Lloyd Pack | ... | Vicar (as Charles Lloyd-Pack) |
| Richard Pearson | ... | Doctor Haydock |
| Thick Wilson | ... | The Mayor |
| Pat Nye | ... | Mayoress |
| Peter Woodthorpe | ... | Scout Master |
| Geraldine Chaplin | ... | Ella Zielinsky |
 | Tony Curtis | ... | Martin N. Fenn |
| Edward Fox | ... | Inspector Craddock |
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105 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Iceland:L |
Ireland:PG |
Singapore:PG |
Australia:PG |
Finland:K-12 |
Norway:12 (1981) |
Sweden:11 |
UK:PG |
USA:PG |
West Germany:12
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Some speculate that the solution to The Mirror Crack'd is based on the real life tragedy of Gene Tierney.
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Revealing mistakes: In the scene where Jason Rudd is driving away with his car, you can clearly see the chalked position marks on the ground that had been applied to place the car rightly for the shot.
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[Jason is taking Miss Marple to see Marina]
Jason Rudd: Miss Marple?
Miss Jane Marple: Yes, Mr. Rudd?
Jason Rudd: She's dead.
Miss Jane Marple: I rather suspected as much. And you?
Jason Rudd: I killed her. I put poison in her hot chocolate last night. It was inevitable she would have been discovered. I... couldn't let her face the humiliation. She suffered enough.
Miss Jane Marple: You must have loved her very much.
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Jason Rudd: Miss Marple?
Miss Jane Marple: Yes, Mr. Rudd?
Jason Rudd: She's dead.
Miss Jane Marple: I rather suspected as much. And you?
Jason Rudd: I killed her. I put poison in her hot chocolate last night. It was inevitable she would have been discovered. I... couldn't let her face the humiliation. She suffered enough.
Miss Jane Marple: You must have loved her very much.
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Featured in There's Something About Christie... Murder Made Simple (2007) (TV)
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The Mirror Cracked (1980) Elizabeth Taylor's last good movie to date. Though the production values are more in line with a well done "made-for-TV" production, I enjoyed this film a lot. Co-starring with a couple of by-gone Hollywood legends, Rock Hudson and Kim Novak (and an uncredited cameo by a young Pearce Brosnan), The Mirror Cracked tells the tale of a famous actress temporarily residing in the English countryside while on location for a film she's starring in.
Early on in the film, a welcome to the countryside party is thrown by the local townsfolk and at the party, one of the guests drops dead. Soon we learn she was poisoned. Then we learn the poison was intended for Miss Taylor. The rest is all suspicion and old rivalries with Taylor at the center of every drama.
Two scenes stand out : one comedic, one dramatic. A bit of fun occurs when Taylor, observing the ravaging of time on her face in a mirror, utters, "Wrinkles, wrinkles, go away, come back on Doris Day!" Too funny.
The other moment comes when audience's focus in on Taylor's great eyes for probably the last time in cinematic history. It happens at a pivotal moment early on in the plot, just before the first victim drops dead of poisoning, and Taylor, at the top of a stairway, dressed in purple to match her eyes, appears startled. She freezes, the guests stop what they're doing and wonder what's happening. Then the director pulls in tight on Miss Taylor's famous eyes and for one short moment in time, we experience once again, all the magnetism and power of that wonderful actress that has captivated viewers for oh these many years.