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Murder, She Said
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| Directed by | George Pollock |
| Written by | David D. Osborn (screenplay) Agatha Christie (novel) |
| Starring | Margaret Rutherford Stringer Davis Arthur Kennedy Bud Tingwell James Robertson Justice |
| Music by | Ron Goodwin |
| Distributed by | MGM |
| Release date(s) | 1961 |
| Language | English German |
| Followed by | Murder at the Gallop |
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Murder, She Said is the first of four films, made by MGM, based, or claimed to be based, on novels by Agatha Christie and starring Margaret Rutherford as Miss Jane Marple, Charles Tingwell as Inspector Craddock and Stringer Davis (Rutherford's real-life husband) as Mr Stringer.
It was made by in 1961 and directed by George Pollock, with David D. Osborn credited with the adaptation. Music was by Ron Goodwin.
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The plot is based on the novel 4.50 From Paddington but changes the action and the characters somewhat. Both Mrs McGillicuddy, who witnesses the murder, and Lucy, who discovers the body, are replaced by Miss Marple herself.
Miss Marple witnesses a woman being strangled on a train but, as no body can be found, the local police don't believe her story. Undaunted, she calculates that the body must have been disposed of in the grounds of Ackenthorpe Hall (Rutherford Hall in the novel), which adjoins the railway line. She contrives to obtain a post as housemaid in the Hall and searches for the body - which she finds, of course.
It's now up to her to identify the dead woman and expose the killer, with the assistance of Inspector Craddock and the unwilling cooperation of the members of the family, who have gathered at the Hall.
- Margaret Rutherford - Miss Jane Marple
- Arthur Kennedy - Dr. Paul Quimper
- Muriel Pavlow - Emma Ackenthorpe
- James Robertson Justice - Luther Ackenthorpe
- Thorley Walters - Cedric Ackenthorpe
- Bud Tingwell - Inspector Craddock
- Conrad Phillips - Harold Ackenthorpe
- Ronald Howard - Brian Eastley
- Joan Hickson - Mrs. Kidder
- Stringer Davis - Jim Stringer
- Ronnie Raymond - Alexander Eastley
- Gerald Cross - Albert Ackenthorpe
- Michael Golden - Hillman
- Barbara Leake - Mrs. Hilda Stainton
- Gordon Harris - Sergeant Bacon
- Richard Briers - "Mrs Binster"
- Peter Butterworth - Ticket Collector
Ackenthorpe: If you don't shut those windows you'll be fired.
Miss Marple: In that case I shall require four weeks' wages in lieu of notice.
Ackenthorpe: Get out of my sight, woman!
Miss Marple: With pleasure!
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Miss Marple Murder films with Margaret Rutherford
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Films Murder, She Said | Murder at the Gallop | Murder Most Foul | Murder Ahoy! Based on the Agatha Christie novels 4.50 from Paddington | After the Funeral | Mrs. McGinty's Dead |
Cast Margaret Rutherford | Stringer Davis | Bud Tingwell Crew George Pollock | Ron Goodwin |