Endless Night 

Miss Marple investigates the downfall of an optimistic young couple who ignored the warnings of a gypsy and built a dream home on allegedly cursed land.

Director:

David Moore

Writers:

Kevin Elyot (screenplay), Agatha Christie (novel)

Stars:

Julia McKenzie, Tom Hughes, Aneurin Barnard

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Julia McKenzie	...	Miss Marple
Tom Hughes	...	Mike Rogers
Aneurin Barnard	...	Robbie Hayman
Adam Wadsworth	...	Pete Hayman
Joanna Vanderham	...	Ellie
Wendy Craig	...	Marjorie Phillpot
Janet Henfrey	...	Mrs. Lee
Tamzin Outhwaite	...	Mrs. Rogers
William Hope	...	Lippincott
Glynis Barber	...	Cora Van Stuyvesant
Michael McKell	...	Frank Stanford
Birgitte Hjort Sørensen	...	Greta Anderson
Hugh Dennis	...	Dr. Shaw
Rosalind Halstead	...	Claudia Hardcastle
Celyn Jones	...	Sergeant Keene

Storyline

While consoling her recently widowed friend Marjorie, Miss Marple crosses paths with the handsome Mike Rogers, a young worker with a penchant for daydreaming about his future, more specifically about the perfect house he would live in, built on the eerily beautiful Gypsy's Acre. When Mike meets and marries the ethereal American heiress Ellie Goodman, his luck changes, and with the help of his old friend and rising architect Robbie Hayman, Mike's dream house is finally built, despite the repeated warnings from Esther Lee, a local gypsy, that Gypsy's Acre is cursed ground. Miss Marple, however, senses that danger really is near at hand, especially when frightening incidents plague Mike and Ellie, culminating in an injury that leads to the arrival of Ellie's mysterious Swedish friend, Greta. But when Ellie herself meets a tragic end, Miss Marple and Mike are faced with a chilling reality: that, perhaps, supernatural nightmares truly can exist, and that - as William Blake once wrote - ...

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Plot Keywords:

gypsy | horse | dream house | architect | rich wife | 

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery

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Details

Country:

UK USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

28 September 2014 (USA)

Also Known As:

Marple: Endless Night

Filming Locations:

Sidmouth, Devon, England, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

ITV Studios,Masterpiece,Agatha Christie

Technical Specs

Runtime:

89 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The original 1967 novel has Michael Rogers as the narrator of the story and does not feature Miss Jane Marple at all.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Pete Hayman: Mike, it's rubbish! Come look at this!
Pete Hayman: Hey, Mike.
Mike Rogers: What?
Pete Hayman: I'll race you.

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Crazy Credits

Watch the credits and you'll see some seemingly random red letters appear in the names of the crew. These letters spell out "Auguries of Innocence," a poem written by William Blake. Lines of this poem are spoken by Mrs. Lee and Miss Marple: "Every Night & every Morn Some to Misery are Born Every Morn and every Night Some are Born to sweet delight Some are Born to sweet delight Some are Born to Endless Night "

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Connections

Version of Endless Night (1972)

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Soundtracks

Half As Much
Written by Curly Williams
(uncredited)

User Reviews

Let Miss Marple Pass

The Miss Marple mysteries are uneven at best although some of them are outstanding -- the same is true for all of Christie's work. You can't write 100 great books but Christie still managed to write at least a dozen classics, which is pretty amazing. Then there were the bad books she tossed out, and Endless Night was one of them. And, it's not even a Marple mystery. Whoever is behind this series simply ran out of ideas and pasted together the worst of Christie with a sad effort to bring Marple back to life. It's just terrible. Even the actors don't seem to care--the leading actress seems bored by her role and her American accent is dreadful. Tom Hughes is wildly handsome but his role is supposed to be of a charming man, not a sullen model for Burberry. And poor Julia McKenzie looks as if she can't wait for the series to end. And, sad to say, that's true for the rest of us.

Enough!!!