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Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage

  • TV Movie
  • 1986
  • 1h 42m
IMDb RATING
7.5/10
2.1K
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Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage (1986)
CrimeDramaMystery

Faced with two false confessions and numerous suspects after a despised civil magistrate is found shot in the local vicarage, Detective Inspector Slack reluctantly accepts help from Miss Mar... Read allFaced with two false confessions and numerous suspects after a despised civil magistrate is found shot in the local vicarage, Detective Inspector Slack reluctantly accepts help from Miss Marple.Faced with two false confessions and numerous suspects after a despised civil magistrate is found shot in the local vicarage, Detective Inspector Slack reluctantly accepts help from Miss Marple.

  • Director
    • Julian Amyes
  • Writers
    • T.R. Bowen
    • Agatha Christie
  • Stars
    • Joan Hickson
    • Paul Eddington
    • Cheryl Campbell
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.5/10
    2.1K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Julian Amyes
    • Writers
      • T.R. Bowen
      • Agatha Christie
    • Stars
      • Joan Hickson
      • Paul Eddington
      • Cheryl Campbell
    • 21User reviews
    • 6Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
      • 2 nominations total

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    Paul Eddington and James Hazeldine in Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage (1986)

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    Joan Hickson
    Joan Hickson
    • Miss Marple
    Paul Eddington
    Paul Eddington
    • Reverend Leonard Clement
    Cheryl Campbell
    Cheryl Campbell
    • Griselda Clement
    Robert Lang
    Robert Lang
    • Colonel Lucius Protheroe
    Polly Adams
    Polly Adams
    • Ann Protheroe
    Tara MacGowran
    Tara MacGowran
    • Lettice Protheroe
    James Hazeldine
    James Hazeldine
    • Lawrence Redding
    Christopher Good
    Christopher Good
    • Christopher Hawes
    Norma West
    Norma West
    • Mrs. Lestrange
    Michael Browning
    Michael Browning
    • Dr. Haydock
    David Horovitch
    David Horovitch
    • Det. Inspector Slack
    Ian Brimble
    Ian Brimble
    • Det. Sergeant Lake
    Jack Galloway
    Jack Galloway
    • Bill Archer
    Rachel Weaver
    Rachel Weaver
    • Mary Wright
    Rosalie Crutchley
    Rosalie Crutchley
    • Mrs. Price-Ridley
    Barbara Hicks
    Barbara Hicks
    • Miss Hartnell
    Kathleen Bidmead
    • Miss Wetherby
    Deddie Davies
    Deddie Davies
    • Mrs. Salisbury
    • Director
      • Julian Amyes
    • Writers
      • T.R. Bowen
      • Agatha Christie(uncredited)
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    Miss Marple

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Based on the book that marks the debut of Miss Marple.
    • Goofs
      "To everything there is a season" is from Ecclesiastes, not Proverbs.
    • Quotes

      Detective Inspector Slack: I thought it was looking too good to be true. I shoulds known better! Soon as I saw that nice looking, gray-haired cobra sliding about, I shoulda known better

      Detective Sergeant Lake: Hunh?

      Detective Inspector Slack: The Marple woman sticks to this sort of business like chewing gum to the cat.

    • Connections
      Featured in Arena: Agatha Christie - Unfinished Portrait (1990)
    • Soundtracks
      The Entertainer
      (uncredited)

      Written by Scott Joplin

      [Lettice plays on piano]

    User reviews21

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    Featured review
    8/10
    Classic Christie
    It is difficult to understand ITV's decision to remake the Miss Marple series, because in Joan Hickson we have the definitive interpretation of Agatha Christie's amateur sleuth. This particular story, Miss Marple's first fictional outing,dates from 1930, but the writer, T.R. Bowen has skilfully updated it to the 1950s. The script is witty and the cast is endowed with such acting stalwarts as Paul Eddington and Rosalie Crutchley. If the plot does not seem so original now it is because Christie's work was so often copied, and what must have seemed innovative in 1930 now appears to be hackneyed. All that said it is a story well told and worth a couple of hours of anyone's time.
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    • Jan 5, 2003

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • December 25, 1986 (United Kingdom)
    • Countries of origin
      • United Kingdom
      • United States
      • Australia
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Miss Marple - Mord im Pfarrhaus
    • Filming locations
      • Nether Wallop, Hampshire, England, UK(St. Mary Mead)
    • Production companies
      • British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
      • A+E Networks
      • 7 Network
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 42 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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