Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery

TV Movie
1989
TV-14
1h 44m

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7.2/10

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Joan Hickson in Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery (1989)

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While on vacation at a resort hotel in the West Indies, Miss Marple correctly suspects that the apparently natural death of a retired British major is actually the work of a murderer plannin... Read allWhile on vacation at a resort hotel in the West Indies, Miss Marple correctly suspects that the apparently natural death of a retired British major is actually the work of a murderer planning yet another killing.While on vacation at a resort hotel in the West Indies, Miss Marple correctly suspects that the apparently natural death of a retired British major is actually the work of a murderer planning yet another killing.

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Trivia
The subtle beeping sounds in the background for all the evening outdoor scenes are made by frogs, which are very common in the Caribbean.

Goofs
Miss Marple finds a library copy of the Pelican edition of "To Define True Madness: Commonsense Psychiatry for Lay People" in Molly Kendall's room, with Date Due stamps ranging from 1941 to 1951; this book was first published by Penguin in hardback in 1953, and the Pelican edition was released in 1955.

Quotes
Jason Rafiel: I had to think about this quite a bit before mentioning it to you.
Inspector Weston: And why is that, Mr. Rafael?
Jason Rafiel: It wasn't my idea, and the person who had it - the idea, I mean - is a little old lady who knits and wears lace. She also has a mind like a bacon slicer.
Inspector Weston: Why didn't she come to me herself?
Jason Rafiel: She didn't think you'd take her seriously.
Inspector Weston: I might have done.
Jason Rafiel: I doubt it. It's a very good disguise. She even had me fooled for a minute.
[He laughs]
Inspector Weston: Better have her name for the record.
Jason Rafiel: Miss Marple.
Inspector Weston: [Startled] What?
Jason Rafiel: Miss Marple.
Inspector Weston: You wouldn't know if this lady comes from a village in England called St. Mary Mead?
Jason Rafiel: Yeah, yeah! That rings a bell... I think that's what she said - something like that anyway. How do you know that?
Inspector Weston: [Laughs] Magnificent! I've heard her called the best personality analyst in the world, a ruthless forensic brain - a mind like a bacon slicer would do very well.

Connections
Followed by Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors (1991)

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Well shot and acted, and it transports you to a pleasant hotel in the Caribbean. Is Donald Pleasance making up his own dialogue? I'm sure Christie never called anyone a 'saucy mare'. Liberties are taken with the book, some good (Miss Marple's visit to the chambermaid's aunt) and some pointless (made up superstitions about the dead taking revenge). Directors should trust Christie!

Many of the 'improvements' blur and confuse the storyline. xxxxxx

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