Murder Most Foul

George Pollock (1964)

86min

U Certificate

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by David Parkinson

Margaret Rutherford dons the tweeds of Miss Marple for the third time after Murder, She Said and Murder at the Gallop in this rather contrived adaptation of Mrs McGinty's Dead, the second Hercule Poirot case to be reworked as a vehicle for Agatha Christie's spinster sleuth. Having hung a jury during a murder trial, Miss M treads the boards with a shambolic theatre company to find the real culprit. Ron Moody spoils the picture with a wildly over-the-top performance as a temperamental thesp, but at least director George Pollock sustains the suspense and there is solid support from series regulars Charles Tingwell and Rutherford's real-life husband, Stringer Davis.

Summary

Eccentric sleuth Miss Marple treads the boards for an amateur theatrical troupe in a bid to identify a killer in the cast and clear a man accused of his landlady's murder. Agatha Christie mystery, starring Margaret Rutherford, Ron Moody, Charles Tingwell, Andrew Cruickshank and Megs Jenkins.

Cast & Crew

Miss Jane Marple Margaret Rutherford

H Driffold Cosgood Ron Moody

Insp Craddock Charles Tingwell

Justice Crosby Andrew Cruickshank

Gladys Thomas Megs Jenkins

Ralph Summers Ralph Michael

Bill Hanson James Bolam

Theatrical Agent Harris Tumbrill Dennis Price

Mr Stringer Stringer Davis

Sheila Upward Francesca Annis

PC Wells Terry Scott

Director George Pollock

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Language: EnglishBlack and whiteAvailable on: video and DVD

Drama

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