The Mirror Crack'd (1992) (TV)

User Rating:

7.2/10   

Director:

Norman Stone

Writers:

Agatha Christie (novel)
T.R. Bowen (screenplay)

Release Date:

27 December 1992 (UK)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Mystery

Plot:

At a reception for a fading film star making a screen comeback, a gushing, pushy fan is poisoned by a drink apparently meant for the actress.

Plot Keywords:

Miss Marple | Reception | Comeback | Blackmail | Detective

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Joan Hickson	...	Miss Jane Marple
Claire Bloom	...	Marina Gregg
Barry Newman	...	Jason Rudd
Norman Rodway	...	Dr. Gilchrist
Elizabeth Garvie	...	Ella Zeilinsky
John Cassady	...	Giuseppe Murano
David Horovitch	...	Superintendent Slack
John Castle	...	Detective Inspector Craddock
Ian Brimble	...	Sergeant Lake
Gwen Watford	...	Mrs. Dolly Bantry
Judy Cornwell	...	Heather Badcock
Christopher Hancock	...	Arthur Badcock
Margaret Courtenay	...	Miss Knight
Anna Niland	...	Cherry Baker
Rose Keegan	...	Gladys Dixon

Also Known As:

Miss Marple: The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side (UK) (series title)
The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side

Runtime:

USA:106 min (DVD)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Bishops Lydeard station, West Somerset Railway, Somerset, England, UK

Company:

A&E Television Networks

Trivia:

An early scene shows a poster of a Marina Gregg film; the producer of the film is George Gallaccio, the name of the producer of the Miss Marple TV shows.

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): D.I. Craddock says Marple is his aunt but they weren't related in "A Murder Is Announced".

Quotes:

Margot Bence: [explaining why she moved from America to England] I decided to make my career over here.
Insp. Craddock: Why?
Margot Bence: I like English men.

Movie Connections:

Follows Miss Marple: Nemesis (1987) (TV)

Not the best of the series but a nice one still

It may not be the best of the bunch but it's still a good TV movie. A nice touch is the fact that we see several faces that we saw in Murder At The Vicarage an earlier movie of this series. There is Dolly Bantrey ( now a widow), there is the vicar ( he was not the vicar in Murder at the vicarage but seems to have made a promotion) and some more characters. This one is surely better than the movie with Liz Taylor and Angela Lansbury. This was the last one of the series and it's a shame they did not continue it with movies of some of the Miss Marple short stories. Hickson was - up till now - the best Miss Marple. Let's hope they 'll find another person just as good and still use the short stories!