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Agatha Christie's Miss Marple: 4:50 from Paddington

Original title: Miss Marple: 4.50 from Paddington
  • TV Movie
  • 1987
  • TV-14
  • 1h 50m
IMDb RATING
7.6/10
2.3K
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A friend of Miss Marple's sees a woman being strangled in a passing train. When police cannot find a body and doubt the story, Miss Marple enlists professional housekeeper, Lucy Eyelesbarrow... Read allA friend of Miss Marple's sees a woman being strangled in a passing train. When police cannot find a body and doubt the story, Miss Marple enlists professional housekeeper, Lucy Eyelesbarrow, to go undercover.A friend of Miss Marple's sees a woman being strangled in a passing train. When police cannot find a body and doubt the story, Miss Marple enlists professional housekeeper, Lucy Eyelesbarrow, to go undercover.

  • Director
    • Martyn Friend
  • Writers
    • Agatha Christie
    • T.R. Bowen
  • Stars
    • Joan Hickson
    • Juliette Mole
    • David Beames
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.6/10
    2.3K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Martyn Friend
    • Writers
      • Agatha Christie
      • T.R. Bowen
    • Stars
      • Joan Hickson
      • Juliette Mole
      • David Beames
    • 20User reviews
    • 5Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
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    Joan Hickson
    Joan Hickson
    • Miss Jane Marple
    Juliette Mole
    • Anna Stravinska
    David Beames
    • Bryan Eastley
    Mona Bruce
    • Mrs. McGillicuddy
    Nicholas Blane
    Nicholas Blane
    • Paddington Porter
    Katy Jarrett
    • Mary
    Leslie Adams
    • Desk Sergeant
    David Horovitch
    David Horovitch
    • Detective Inspector Slack
    Ian Brimble
    Ian Brimble
    • Detective Sergeant Lake
    Rhoda Lewis
    Rhoda Lewis
    • Mrs. Brogan
    Jill Meager
    • Lucy Eyelesbarrow
    Joanna David
    Joanna David
    • Emma Crackenthorpe
    Maurice Denham
    Maurice Denham
    • Luther Crackenthorpe
    Andrew Burt
    Andrew Burt
    • Dr. John Quimper
    Pamela Pitchford
    • Mrs. Kidder
    Christopher Haley
    • Alexander Eastley
    Daniele Stroppa
    • James Stoddart-West
    • (as Daniel Steel)
    Bernard Brown
    Bernard Brown
    • Harold Crackenthorpe
    • Director
      • Martyn Friend
    • Writers
      • Agatha Christie
      • T.R. Bowen
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    • Trivia
      Joan Hickson was in an adaptation of this story in 1961 called Murder She Said (1961), Margaret Rutherford played Miss Marple and Hickson played Mrs. Kidder.
    • Goofs
      When Dr Quimper takes the old man's blood pressure near the end of the movie, he doesn't have the stethoscope earpieces in his ears.
    • Quotes

      Miss Jane Marple: But of course you must go on searching, Inspector! Now you might say that Elspeth is not a sophisticated person, but, I assure you, she has both feet firmly on the ground. She saw what she saw!

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

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    "Streets ahead of ITV's Miss Marple series."
    Miss Marple's best friend, Elspeth McGillicuddy (Mona Bruce), witnesses a man strangling a woman on a passing train. When nobody believes her, Miss Marple (Joan Hickson), conducts her own investigation in order to bring the culprit to justice.

    Carefully constructed adaptation of Agatha Christie's 1957 mystery of the same name. It was filmed twenty-seven years earlier as MURDER SHE SAID (1962) with Margaret Rutherford playing Miss Marple. Interestingly Joan Hickson appeared in the latter film as the Crackenthorpe's housekeeper Mrs Kidder. Rutherford wasn't exactly faithful to Christie's original character, but she made the part entirely her own and she was always a joy to watch. Hickson makes a convincing Miss Marple and she is more to the letter of the book than Rutherford, but alongside each other they are still the best two actresses to have played the character. This film moves at a good pace and Hickson is most ably assisted by a first rate supporting cast including Maurice Denham as Luther Crackenthorpe, Joanna David as Emma Crackenthorpe, Jill Meager as Lucy Eyelesbarrow and John Hallam as Cedric Crackenthorpe. The only slight weakness in the film is that it sometimes tends towards the stodginess of an old drawing room play, which was quite common with so many of the BBC's dramas at this time. Still there is a good feeling for period detail and this is streets ahead of ITV's latest attempt to bring Miss Marple to television. See Agatha Christie's Miss Marple: The Body In The Library (2004).
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    • Release date
      • December 25, 1987 (United Kingdom)
    • Countries of origin
      • United Kingdom
      • Australia
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Miss Marple: 16 Uhr 50 ab Paddington
    • Filming locations
      • Orchardleigh House, Frome, Somerset, England, UK(Surroundings, exterior and interior of Rutherford Hall)
    • Production companies
      • 7 Network
      • A+E Networks
      • British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 50 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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