![]() In this case, every minor deletion contributed to a better movie overall. ![]() ITV Productions veer all over the map when it comes to adapting Agatha’s novels. Like Angela Lansbury herself in The Mirror Crack’d (1980), Julie McKenzie didn’t make me think Edwardian-era spinster. I kept seeing Jessica Fletcher and not Miss Marple! Joan Hickson and Geraldine McEwan both fit my mental picture of Miss Marple. The Joan Hickson version cheated on this issue. The ending was spot-on, with the post office contributing to the mystery by misdirecting the mail. ![]() I really enjoyed this film, Julia McKenzie’s first outing as Miss Marple. Quality of movie on its own: 4 poison bottles. Miss Marple gets one of Inspector Neele’s scenes. Miss Ramsbottom was eliminated, as were a few minor housemaids, secretaries, and such. ITV Productions is unreliable when it comes to fidelity to text but in this case, they were virtually letter-perfect. ![]() Fidelity to text: 4 and 1/2 poison bottles. ![]()
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