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.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.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.
- Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
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- TriviaWhen Inspector Craddock visits Miss Marple for the first time, they linger near the entrance to the sitting room. When the camera swtiches perspective to Jane's, over Craddock's shoulder we can spot two framed drawings of Hickson in her younger days.
- GoofsDuring the tennis match between Marina Gregg and Dr Gilchrist, at love-40 Dr Gilchrist serves to Marina from the right hand court. However, at love-40, the server must always serve from the left hand court.
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Insp. Craddock: Yes, sir. What are you asking me to do?
Supt. Slack: Tread carefully. Tact and tactics - mostly tact.
Insp. Craddock: I undestand, sir. While I'm considering tactics, I'll talk to the husband.
Supt. Slack: And another thing...
Insp. Craddock: Sir?
Supt. Slack: While you're in St. Mary Mead, I suggest you make contact with an old lady there. Oh, she looks like what you'd expect. Don't be deceived - she's got a mind like a meat cleaver. She's the sort of person who could help you on this case. Her name is Miss... Jane... Marple. I'm not pressuring you, but I do advise you to interview her.
Insp. Craddock: That's all right, sir. I was intending to; she's my aunt.
- ConnectionsFollows Miss Marple: The Body in the Library (1984)
One review here mentions a part of the book that greatly impressed me as well. It was a description of Heather Badcock. In the allusion to her village parallel, Alison Wilde, she says, " She didn't know what people were like. She'd never thought about them. And so, you see, she couldn't guard against things happening to her. It comes really from being self-centered and I don't mean selfish by that. You can be kind and unselfish and even thoughtful. But you never really know what you may be doing most people have a sense of protection. They realize when it's unwise to say or do something because of the person or persons who are taking in what you say, and because of the kind of character that those people have. But as I say, AW never thought of anybody else but herself. She was the sort of person who tells you what they've done and what they've seen and what they've felt and what they've heard. They never mention what any other people said, or did. Life is a kind of one-way track, just their own progress through it. Other people seem to them just like – like wallpaper in a room. I think HB was that kind of person."
And of Ms. Badcock particularly, " she wasn't a considerate woman. Kind, yes. Considerate – no. She would be fond of him (her husband) and look after him when he was ill and see to his meals and be a good housekeeper, but I don't think she would ever – well, that she would ever even know what he might be feeling or thinking. That makes a lonely life for a man."
However, Ms. Marple did speak most of this in this adaptation, which was revealing of the woman's vulnerability to danger.
Some say this is a weaker entry in the BBC Marple lineup, but I don't see it like that. The 1980 version with Taylor/Hudson et al. and Lansbury as Ms. Marple strayed more from the book - well, it's the Hollywood treatment. Some compare this BBC version to that since it came along later, but shouldn't. The BBC series is entirely truer. They did it right. The village and settings are always wonderful. I enjoy it thoroughly, one for the collection to see regularly. This gets a "well done" from me.
- misctidsandbits
- Mar 8, 2012
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- Agatha Christie's Miss Marple: The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side
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- Bishops Lydeard station, West Somerset Railway, Somerset, England, UK(St Mary Mead railway station)
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