The Mirror Crack'd
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| Directed by | Guy Hamilton |
| Produced by |
John Brabourne Richard Goodwin |
| Screenplay by |
Jonathan Hales Barry Sandler |
| Based on |
Novel: Agatha Christie |
| Starring |
Angela Lansbury Elizabeth Taylor Kim Novak Rock Hudson Edward Fox Geraldine Chaplin Tony Curtis |
| Music by | John Cameron |
| Cinematography | Christopher G. Challis |
| Edited by | Richard Marden |
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Production
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EMI Films
GW Films |
| Distributed by | Associated Film Distribution |
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Release date
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Running time
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105 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $11,000,000 |
The Mirror Crack'd is a 1980 British mystery film based on Agatha Christie's Miss Marple novel The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side (1962) and directed by Guy Hamilton. It stars Angela Lansbury, Kim Novak, Elizabeth Taylor, Geraldine Chaplin, Tony Curtis, Edward Fox, Rock Hudson and, in his film debut, Pierce Brosnan.
This crime/mystery was adapted by Jonathan Hales and Barry Sandler. Scenes were filmed at Twickenham Film Studios, Twickenham, London, UK, and on location in Kent.
Set in the fictional English village of St. Mary Mead, home of Miss Jane Marple (Angela Lansbury), in 1953, a big Hollywood production company arrives to film a costume film about Mary, Queen of Scots and Elizabeth I with two famous movie stars, Marina Rudd and Lola Brewster (Elizabeth Taylor and Kim Novak, respectively). The two actresses are old rivals who despise each other. Marina is making a much heralded comeback after a prolonged "illness" and retirement (due to what was really a nervous breakdown when her son was born with severe brain damage). She and her husband, Jason Rudd (Rock Hudson), who is directing the movie they are making, arrive with their entourage. When she learns that Lola will be in the film as well, she becomes enraged and vents her anger. Lola and her husband, Marty Fenn (Tony Curtis), who is producing the film, arrive. Excitement runs high in the village as the locals have been invited to a reception held by the film company in a manor house, Gossington Hall, to meet the celebrities. Lola and Marina come face to face at the reception and exchange some potent and comical insults, nasty one-liners, as they smile and pose for the cameras. The two square off in a series of clever verbal cat-fights throughout the movie.
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