![]() When she visits an antisocial villager, he drops dead in her presence. The film follows Miss Marple as she goes out collecting for charity. It was directed by George Pollock, who directed all of the MGM Miss Marple movies. The original novel featured Hercules Poirot rather than Miss Marple and Christie’s suspense was traded for light comedy, much like the rest of the Miss Marple films MGM created. The film stars Margaret Rutherford as Miss Jane Marple, Charles “Bud” Tingwell as Inspector Craddock and Stringer Davis (Rutherford’s real-life husband) as Jane Marple’s friend Mr. ![]() ![]() The second of the Miss Marple films made by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Murder at the Gallop is based on the Agatha Christie novel After the Funeral. ![]() The costumes were designed by Anthony Powell, who won an Academy Award for his previous work on Christie adaptation. The adaptation stayed fairly close to the the novel, but was truncated for time constraints, removing minor characters and combining others. The screenplay was written by Anthony Shaffer, who had worked on previous Christie adaptations, such as Death on the Nile. ![]() There are nine suspects who may have had motive to strangle the actress. He ended up portraying Poirot six times in total.Įvil Under the Sun follows Poirot who tries to solve the murder of an actress at a Balkan resort. The films stars Peter Ustinov as Agatha Christie’s famed Detective Hercules Poirot, his second time playing the character. This 1982 British Mystery is based on the 1941 novel of the same name by Christie. ![]()
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