Murder mystery starring Margaret Rutherford and Arthur Kennedy. Miss Marple sees a woman being strangled on a passing train. When she fails to convince the police that she has witnessed a murder, the amateur sleuth decides to investigate for herself.
Through the window of a passing train, Miss Marple (Margaret Rutherford) spots a woman being murdered. When no corpse can be found, however, her suspicions are dismissed as the ravings of an eccentric elderly spinster. Determined to solve the mystery, she takes a job as a maid at the estate of James Robertson-Justice... The first screen adaptation to star Rutherford as Agatha Christie's amateur sleuth only holds the interest now because of its star's unique persona and comic timing. Thanks to her, this otherwise uninteresting film found popularity and spawned three sequels.
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Miss Marple | Margaret Rutherford |
| Dr Quimper | Arthur Kennedy |
| Emma Ackenthorpe | Muriel Pavlow |
| Mr Ackenthorpe | James Robertson-Justice |
| Inspector Craddock | Charles Tingwell |
| Cedric Ackenthorpe | Thorley Walters |
| Mrs Kidder | Joan Hickson |
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Director | George Pollock |
