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Miss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye

  • TV Mini Series
  • 1985
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 43m
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7.6/10
2.1K
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Miss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye (1985)
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When a handful of grain is found in the pocket of a murdered businessman, Miss Marple seeks a murderer with a penchant for nursery rhymes.When a handful of grain is found in the pocket of a murdered businessman, Miss Marple seeks a murderer with a penchant for nursery rhymes.When a handful of grain is found in the pocket of a murdered businessman, Miss Marple seeks a murderer with a penchant for nursery rhymes.

  • Stars
    • Joan Hickson
    • Fabia Drake
    • Stacy Dorning
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    7.6/10
    2.1K
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    • Stars
      • Joan Hickson
      • Fabia Drake
      • Stacy Dorning
    • 14User reviews
    • 6Critic reviews
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    Joan Hickson
    Joan Hickson
    • Miss Jane Marple
    Fabia Drake
    Fabia Drake
    • Miss Henderson
    Stacy Dorning
    Stacy Dorning
    • Adele Fortescue
    Martyn Stanbridge
    Martyn Stanbridge
    • Vivian Dubois
    Clive Merrison
    Clive Merrison
    • Percival Fortescue
    Rachel Bell
    Rachel Bell
    • Jennifer Fortescue
    Peter Davison
    Peter Davison
    • Lance Fortescue
    Frances Low
    Frances Low
    • Patricia Fortescue
    Selina Cadell
    Selina Cadell
    • Mary Dove
    Merelina Kendall
    Merelina Kendall
    • Mrs. Crump
    Frank Mills
    Frank Mills
    • Mr. Crump
    Tom Wilkinson
    Tom Wilkinson
    • Detective Inspector Neele
    Jon Glover
    Jon Glover
    • Detective Sergeant Hay
    Annette Badland
    Annette Badland
    • Gladys Martin
    Timothy West
    Timothy West
    • Rex Fortescue
    Beau Daniels
    Beau Daniels
    • Ellen
    Charles Pemberton
    • Sergeant Rose
    Laurin Kaski
    • PC White
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    • Trivia
      The back page of the newspaper read by Miss Marple has a headline stating "Strathspey 25-1 Winner of the Cesarewitch." The Cesarewitch is a British "flat" (no jumps) race for thoroughbreds, run in Newmarket, which the horse Strathspey did indeed win, in 1949.
    • Goofs
      Just after Lance's car is spotted by the police, he drives past a modern (post-1964) speed limit sign.
    • Quotes

      Miss Jane Marple: All businessmen are the victims of greed, some way to another, I fear.

    • Connections
      Featured in Arena: Agatha Christie - Unfinished Portrait (1990)

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    5/10
    Stygian gloom
    Now available on a BBC DVD, this episode of Miss Marple is unfortunately plunged in complete darkness from beginning to end, making it at times quite difficult to see who is actually on screen. Maybe this is intended to add to the atmosphere of the house in which the action takes place, and indeed houses in mourning would have had their curtains drawn at the time, but need all the lights have been off as well?

    Though a fairly faithful adaptation of the book, one of Agatha Christie's later thrillers, there is not a great deal of detection or thought process in the play and when presented with the killer, my reaction was simply 'oh'.

    When you can see them, some nice early '50's details.
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    • Release date
      • March 7, 1985 (United Kingdom)
    • Countries of origin
      • United Kingdom
      • United States
      • Australia
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Miss Marple - Das Geheimnis der Goldmine
    • Filming locations
      • Thelveton Hall, Diss, Norfolk, England, UK(Fortescue house Yew Tree Lodge.)
    • Production companies
      • 7 Network
      • A+E Networks
      • British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 43 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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