Miss Marple: The Moving Finger 

The normally friendly village of Lymston is plagued by vile anonymous letters. When a mother of three takes her own life, following such a letter, Ms. Marple is not at all convinced things are as they seem.

Stars:

Joan Hickson, Michael Culver, Elizabeth Counsell

Cast

Complete series cast summary:
Joan Hickson	...	Miss Marple 2 episodes, 1985
Michael Culver	...	Edward Symmington 2 episodes, 1985
Elizabeth Counsell	...	Angela Symmington 2 episodes, 1985
Deborah Appleby	...	Megan Hunter 2 episodes, 1985
Lucy Gleeson	...	Robert Symmington 2 episodes, 1985
Stuart Mansfield	...	James Symmington 2 episodes, 1985
Andrew Bicknell	...	Gerry Burton 2 episodes, 1985
Sabina Franklyn	...	Joanna Burton 2 episodes, 1985
Richard Pearson	...	Mr. Pye 2 episodes, 1985
Hilary Mason	...	Emily Barton 2 episodes, 1985
Dilys Hamlett	...	Maud Calthrop 2 episodes, 1985
John Arnatt	...	Rev. Guy Calthrop 2 episodes, 1985
Sandra Payne	...	Eryl Griffith 2 episodes, 1985
Martin Fisk	...	Owen Griffith 2 episodes, 1985
Penelope Lee	...	Partridge 2 episodes, 1985
Juliet Waley	...	Beatrice 2 episodes, 1985
Imogen Bickford-Smith	...	Elsie Holland 2 episodes, 1985
Gerald Sim	...	Coroner 2 episodes, 1985
Geoffrey Davion	...	Police Superintendent Nash 2 episodes, 1985
Ninka Scott	...	Miss Ginch 2 episodes, 1985
Patsy Smart	...	Mrs. Cleat 2 episodes, 1985
Gordon Rollings	...	Mr. Cleat 2 episodes, 1985
Michael Waterman	...	George Ellis 2 episodes, 1985
Roger Ostime	...	Detective Inspector Crawford 2 episodes, 1985
Victor Maddern	...	P.C. Johnson 2 episodes, 1985
Catherine Owen	...	Rose 2 episodes, 1985
Carol Gleeson	...	Contralto 2 episodes, 1985
John Keenan	...	Pianist 2 episodes, 1985

Storyline

Her old friend Maude Calthrop, wife of the village vicar, summons Miss Marple when several of the local residents receive a poison pen letter. All of the recipients thus far are men and all are accused of some act of moral turpitude. When the local solicitor's wife, Angela Symington, is found dead with a poison pen letter at her side, the coroner rules that she took her own life. Not surprisingly, Jane Marple disagrees and is convinced it was murder. When a second villager is killed, it appears Miss Marple is correct. She also deduces the real purpose of the letters.

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Plot Keywords:

letter | village | poison | poison pen letter | sister | 

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

UK USA Australia

Language:

English Latin

Release Date:

21 February 1985 (UK)

Also Known As:

Miss Marple: The Moving Finger

Filming Locations:

Hoxne, Suffolk, England, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), A&E Television Networks, Seven Network

Technical Specs

Runtime:

102 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White (still photographs: of Gerry Burton's and Megan Hunter's trip to London) Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Just before the meeting of the maid and her boyfriend on the bridge, there is a view of Willie Lott's cottage in Suffolk, famous because it appears in John Constable's 1821 painting The Hay Wain.

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Goofs

The corpse of Mrs Symmington blinks while the doctor is examining her.

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Quotes

Miss Jane Marple: We are not put in this world to avoid danger - not when an innocent person's life is at stake!

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Connections

Followed by Miss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel (1987)

User Reviews

Joan Hickson is THE definitive Miss Marple

I couldn't agree more with Mike. My local PBS station here in the US is currently broadcasting the new Miss Marple series one evening a week, while showing the original Joan Hickson Miss Marple as a daily series at 1:00 PM. There is NO comparison. Even Agatha Christie, some years before her own death, predicted that Joan Hickson would be the perfect Miss Marple. She knew her character, and the right actress to play her. The new series struggles far too hard to be "trendy" and puts far too much present-day "politial correctness" into the plots. Geraldine McEwan's Miss Marple has become nearly as much a caricature as Margaret Rutherford's movie portrayal.

Jim.