By the Pricking of My Thumbs
- Episode aired Feb 19, 2006
- TV-PG
- 1h 42m
Miss Marple joins forces with Tommy and Tuppence Beresford to find the murderer of Tommy's Aunt Ada.Miss Marple joins forces with Tommy and Tuppence Beresford to find the murderer of Tommy's Aunt Ada.Miss Marple joins forces with Tommy and Tuppence Beresford to find the murderer of Tommy's Aunt Ada.
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- TriviaMiss Marple does not appear in Agatha Christie's original novel, which was an adventure featuring her other sleuths, Tommy and Tuppence Beresford. In order to make the story part of the Marple series, the time period was moved from post-war to sometime near the end of the war. This conveniently places Tommy still in the military intelligence service abroad, and his part of the story was re-written for Miss Marple.
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Tommy Beresford: [Tuppence asks Tommy to drive so she can continue reading her copy of Macbeth. Tommy chuckles in response] I was in Macbeth at my prep school. "Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow creeps in this petty pace from day to day."
Tuppence Beresford: [gets in car on passenger side] I heard you were marvelous.
Tommy Beresford: Who from?
Tuppence Beresford: You.
Tommy Beresford: Hmm.
[gets in car and starts engine]
Tommy Beresford: "By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes."
- Crazy creditsIn the closing credits Claire Bloom is misspelled "Clare Bloom". In the opening credits the spelling is correct.
- ConnectionsVersion of By the Pricking of My Thumbs (2005)
Basically, I have just listed down the reasons why the film adaptation is better than the book (quite a rarity as far as film adaptations go!) The film, in contrast to the novel is somewhat more linear and structured in its story-telling. The inclusion of new, varied and interesting characters adds on tremendously to the background. A useless and confusing subplot from the novel is erased and as such there is greater focus on the central macabre plot. However, one aspect of the film which pales in comparison to the novel are the portrayal of the two protagonists Tommy and Tuppence. The actors may have played their parts to perfection and look about the same age the characters must have been in the book, but frankly, I always viewed Tommy and Tuppence as being a bit more youthful and fun in the book, regardless of their chronological age. Instead, in the film, Tommy is portrayed as tough authority figure and cold and distant husband, while Tuppence is the neglected wife who drinks away her sorrows. Furthermore, both characters are largely overshadowed by Miss Marple (who did not appear in the novel). However, one understands as since this film is no more than an episode in the 'Marple' TV series and that Tommy and Tuppence are not really that big brand names to have their independent adaptations, one doesn't mind so much.
- sanddragon939
- Apr 19, 2009
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- Also known as
- Panna Marple: Dom niespokojnej starosci
- Filming locations
- Loseley Park, Guildford, Surrey, England, UK(Sir Philip Starke's manor house)
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