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The Sittaford Mystery

  • Episode aired Apr 30, 2006
  • TV-14
  • 1h 40m
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6.7/10
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Timothy Dalton and Geraldine McEwan in The Sittaford Mystery (2006)
Agatha Christie's Marple: The Sittaford Mystery
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The death of the presumptive future Prime Minister is predicted during a séance in a snowbound country hotel, and he is found stabbed to death in his room the next morning.The death of the presumptive future Prime Minister is predicted during a séance in a snowbound country hotel, and he is found stabbed to death in his room the next morning.The death of the presumptive future Prime Minister is predicted during a séance in a snowbound country hotel, and he is found stabbed to death in his room the next morning.

  • Director
    • Paul Unwin
  • Writers
    • Stephen Churchett
    • Agatha Christie
  • Stars
    • Geraldine McEwan
    • Timothy Dalton
    • Robert Hickson
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.7/10
    1.7K
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    • Director
      • Paul Unwin
    • Writers
      • Stephen Churchett
      • Agatha Christie
    • Stars
      • Geraldine McEwan
      • Timothy Dalton
      • Robert Hickson
    • 49User reviews
    • 1Critic review
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    Timothy Dalton in The Sittaford Mystery (2006)
    Robert Hardy in The Sittaford Mystery (2006)
    Rita Tushingham in The Sittaford Mystery (2006)
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    Geraldine McEwan
    Geraldine McEwan
    • Miss Marple
    Timothy Dalton
    Timothy Dalton
    • Clive Trevelyan
    Robert Hickson
    Robert Hickson
    • Arthur Hopkins
    Robert Hardy
    Robert Hardy
    • Winston Churchill
    Laurence Fox
    Laurence Fox
    • James Pearson
    James Murray
    James Murray
    • Charles Burnaby
    Ian Hallard
    Ian Hallard
    • Reporter
    Zoe Telford
    Zoe Telford
    • Emily Trefusis
    Jeffery Kissoon
    Jeffery Kissoon
    • Ahmed Ghali
    Mel Smith
    Mel Smith
    • John Enderby
    Rita Tushingham
    Rita Tushingham
    • Miss Elizabeth Percehouse
    James Wilby
    James Wilby
    • Stanley Kirkwood
    Paul Kaye
    Paul Kaye
    • Dr. Ambrose Burt
    Michael Brandon
    Michael Brandon
    • Martin Zimmerman
    Carey Mulligan
    Carey Mulligan
    • Violet Willett
    Patricia Hodge
    Patricia Hodge
    • Mrs. Evadne Willett
    Matthew Kelly
    Matthew Kelly
    • Donald Garfield
    Michael Attwell
    Michael Attwell
    • Archie Stone
    • Director
      • Paul Unwin
    • Writers
      • Stephen Churchett
      • Agatha Christie
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    • Trivia
      For the fifth time in twenty-five years, Robert Hardy once again plays Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill.
    • Goofs
      This film is set in 1952. In the cottage at Exhampton, Miss Marple is seen speaking in an Ericofon single-piece telephone. But this phone wasn't put in production until 1954, and was adopted by the British Post Office as late as 1974.
    • Quotes

      Emily Trefusis: If I were the nervous sort, I'd say there's evil in this house.

      Miss Jane Marple: The house is bricks and mortar. If there's evil, it's in somebody's heart.

    • Crazy credits
      Following the credits, there is an in memoriam title card for Michael Attwell who played Archie Stone. Attwell died in 2006, the year this film was released.
    • Connections
      Referenced in Hard Quiz: Episode #3.4 (2018)

    User reviews49

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    8/10
    Big Budget Miss Marple
    This is a big budget Miss Marple. Casting went for unusually handsome males like Timothy Dalton, Laurence Fox and James Murray. (Their unusual good looks turn out to be necessary for the plot.) The females are delightfully eccentric, including Rita Tushingham whom baby boomers will remember fondly. There are realistic looking Egyptian treasures, and two delightfully creaky English houses.

    Miss Marple starts out a bit nuts. Then she disappears while others do the sleuthing. Then she comes in at the end to sort out who murdered who. That is not the usual formula. Everyone has motive to commit murder, or at least some crime. It all sorts out in the most implausibly complicated way. I think you would have to watch perhaps five times before you were sure you had all the motives and murders sorted out, including the raptor's. Can you spell coincidence?

    The cinematography is done with just candles and firelight. It gives a very snowed in cosiness. The music is wonderfully spooky, not just the standard theme repeated.

    This is probably my favourite Miss Marple episode.
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    • Jan 29, 2015

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    • Release date
      • April 30, 2006 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United Kingdom
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Miss Marple: el misterio de Sittaford
    • Filming locations
      • Dorney Court, Dorney, Buckinghamshire, England, UK(Sittaford House interiors)
    • Production companies
      • Granada
      • WGBH
      • Agatha Christie
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 40 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo

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