Murder, She Said
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| Directed by | George Pollock |
| Produced by | George H. Brown |
| Screenplay by | David Pursall Jack Seddon |
| Story by | David D. Osborn (adaptation) |
| Based on |
4.50 from Paddington by Agatha Christie |
| Starring |
Margaret Rutherford Arthur Kennedy Muriel Pavlow |
| Music by | Ron Goodwin |
| Cinematography | Geoffrey Faithfull |
| Edited by | Ernest Walter |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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87 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Murder, She Said is a 1961 murder mystery film directed by George Pollock, based on the novel 4.50 from Paddington by Agatha Christie. The production starred Margaret Rutherford as Miss Marple along with Arthur Kennedy and Muriel Pavlow, and features Rutherford's real life husband, Stringer Davis.
MGM made three sequels, Murder at the Gallop, Murder Most Foul and Murder Ahoy!, all with Rutherford starring as Christie's famed amateur sleuth.
While traveling by rail, Miss Marple witnesses the strangling of a young woman in the carriage of an overtaking train. The local police can find no evidence to support her story, so she conducts her own investigation and, with the aid of her close friend Jim Stringer (Stringer Davis), comes to the conclusion that the body must have been thrown off the train near the grounds of Ackenthorpe Hall, which adjoins the railway line.
Wheedling her way into a job as housemaid there, Marple copes with her difficult employer, Luther Ackenthorpe (James Robertson Justice), and searches for the missing corpse. She eventually finds it concealed in a stable, much to the chagrin of Police Inspector Craddock (Bud Tingwell).
Miss Marple has Mr. Stringer uncover the details of Ackenthorpe's will: the family fortune will go to his long-suffering, attentive daughter Emma, sons Cedric, Harold and Albert, and grandson Alexander. (A fourth son, Edmund, was killed in the war.) Also, Ackenthorpe's physician, Dr. Quimper (Arthur Kennedy), and Emma are secretly in love. Gardener Hillman and part-time servant Mrs. Kidder (Joan Hickson) round out the establishment (and suspects).
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