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6.2/10
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Miss Jane Marple comes to solve the mystery when a local woman is poisoned and a visiting movie star seems to have been the intended victim.Miss Jane Marple comes to solve the mystery when a local woman is poisoned and a visiting movie star seems to have been the intended victim.Miss Jane Marple comes to solve the mystery when a local woman is poisoned and a visiting movie star seems to have been the intended victim.
- Awards
- 2 nominations
Charles Lloyd Pack
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- (as Charles Lloyd-Pack)
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Did you know
- TriviaAlthough Miss Jane Marple is presented as elderly, and the leading men as middle-aged, Angela Lansbury, Tony Curtis, and Rock Hudson were all born in 1925.
- GoofsSet 1953, Marty Fenn drives a 1959 model car.
- Quotes
Marina Rudd: Lola, dear, you know, there are really only two things I dislike about you.
Lola Brewster: Really? What are they?
Marina Rudd: Your face.
- Crazy creditsOpening credits prologue: 1953
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See it for Angela
I liked this version of The Mirror Crack'd, and I am fond of the Joan Hickson version too. The Hickson version, it is true, is more faithful to the book, despite its liberties, but on its own merits this film is pretty good. The main merit is the performance of underrated character actress Angela Lansbury; she is terrific as Miss Marple, and Edward Fox does a great job as Inspector Craddock. The supporting cast are fine in their roles, Elizabeth Taylor overdoes Marina Gregg slightly but she plays with gusto, Rock Hudson is suitably subdued as Jason Rudd, and Kim Novak is delightful as Lola. The dialogues between Taylor and Novak are wonderfully witty, and often verging on hysterically funny. The film is beautifully shot, and the locations and costumes are lovely. The music is stunning too. However, the character of Heather Badcock is changed quite considerably here, and why she was changed to a naive village girl I still find perplexing. The film is overlong and has pacing problems, and the final solution was weak compared to how it could have been. On the whole, it is a movie worth seeing, and as I've said, see it for Angela. 7/10 Bethany Cox
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- Oct 12, 2009
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- Also known as
- Agatha Christie's The Mirror Crack'd
- Filming locations
- Shoreham, Kent, England, UK(Shoreham was used to double up as part of the village of St Mary Mead)
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $11,000,000
- Gross worldwide
- $11,000,000
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