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The Mirror Crack'd (1980) More at IMDbPro »

Based on the novel by Agatha Christie. The year is 1953. The small English village of St. Mary Mead, home to Miss Jane Marple, is delighted when a big American movie company arrives to make a movie telling of the relationship between Jane Grey and Elisabeth I, starring the famous actresses Marina Rudd and Lola Brewster. Marina arrives with her husband, Jason, and when she discovers that Lola is going to be in the movie with her she hits the roof as Lola and Marina loathe each other on sight. Marina has been getting death threats and at a party at the manor house, Heather Babcock, after boring Marina with a long story, drinks a cocktail made for Marina and dies from poisoning. Everybody believes that Marina is the target but the police officer investigating the case, Inspector Craddock isn't sure so he asks Miss Marple, his aunt, to investigate... Written by Lee Horton <Leeh@tcp.co.uk>

St. Mary Mead is all aflutter when movie star Marina Rudd and a film crew arrive is St. Mary Mead to film Mary Queen of Scots with Marina in the lead role. At a reception however the secretary of the village organizing committee, Heather Babcock, dies from a poisoned cocktail. The drink was Marina's who had given it to Heather after she spilled her first one. There is already considerable tension between many of the characters and as such, many possible suspects. Jason Rudd, Marina's husband and the director of the film, is having an affair with a production assistant, Ella Zielinski. Lola Brewster - Marina's hated rival and friend of the film's producer Martin Fenn - arrives having been given a small part in the film. Miss Marple and her nephew, Scotland Yard Inspector Dermot Craddock, work together to solve the puzzle. Written by garykmcd

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