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19 December 1980 (USA) moreTagline:
Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the murderer among them all?Plot:
Jane Marple solves the mystery when a local woman is poisoned and a visiting movie star seems to have been the intended victim. full summary | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
Miss Marple
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Agatha Christie
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Nipples Visible Through Clothing
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See Through Brassiere
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English Country Village
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A memorable movie! moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Angela Lansbury | ... | Miss Jane Marple | |
| Wendy Morgan | ... | Cherry | |
| Margaret Courtenay | ... | Mrs. Bantry | |
| Charles Gray | ... | Bates, the Butler | |
| Maureen Bennett | ... | Heather Babcock | |
| Carolyn Pickles | ... | Miss Giles | |
| Eric Dodson | ... | The Major | |
| Charles Lloyd Pack | ... | Vicar (as Charles Lloyd-Pack) | |
| Richard Pearson | ... | Doctor Haydock | |
| Thick Wilson | ... | The Mayor | |
| Pat Nye | ... | Mayoress | |
| Peter Woodthorpe | ... | Scout Master | |
| Geraldine Chaplin | ... | Ella Zielinsky | |
| Tony Curtis | ... | Martin N. Fenn | |
| Edward Fox | ... | Inspector Craddock |
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Iceland:L | Ireland:PG | Singapore:PG | Australia:PG | Finland:K-12 | Norway:12 (1981) | Sweden:11 | UK:PG | USA:PG | West Germany:12Fun Stuff
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The publicity department committed a legendary faux pas by issuing a press release regarding one of the stars, claiming that for the first time in that performer's long career they played a murderer, thus giving the solution to the mystery away. moreGoofs:
Revealing mistakes: At the end when the lady was lying on the chaise longue she is supposed to be dead, but her chest rises and falls slightly. moreQuotes:
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.
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I have only bought 3 movies in my life, and this is one of them (the other two were: "Victor/Victoria" and "The Emerald Forest".
In another very memorable movie, "Misery", the Kathy Bates character goes into a tirade about how some of the Saturday serials she saw as a kid "didn't play fair with the audience". In contrast, "The Mirror Crack'd" respects the audience's intelligence. When you find out the reason for the murder in this movie, and who did it, the explanation makes perfect sense. Too many other mystery movies seem to revel in keeping the audience in the dark the whole time, and then "pull a fast one" when it comes time to reveal who did the murder and why. "The Mirror Crack'd" is far too cleverly written to ever be guilty of this.
Elizabeth Taylor plays an American actress desperately attempting a comeback after a personal tragedy not only devastated her career but her life as well. Rock Hudson plays her husband, who will be directing her big comeback movie.
Kim Novak is her bitter arch rival. Among other great lines of dialogue, one jab at Taylor is particularly scathing. In a rivalry reminiscent of Joan Crawford and Bette Davis, Kim Novak tries to publicly humiliate Taylor's character by saying, "Darling, not only have you kept your beautiful figure, but you've added so much to it" (I hope I'm remembering that line correctly)
Ms. Taylor gives a remarkable performance here. Her character is emotionally brittle, and just like watercolor paints blend together in odd and interesting combinations when mixed with water, her emotions seamlessly and fluidly change from one second to the next. Taylor's performance is perfectly in synch with the tone of this movie.
Chicago Tribune movie critic, Roger Ebert, once began a movie review by saying, "I hated this movie. I hated everything about this movie". I would like to end my movie review by saying, "I loved this movie. I loved everything about this movie".
Addendum, February 11, 2007 I am staying at the beautiful Hotel Marrols in Bratislava (Slovakia), and can you believe that The Mirror Crack'd is one of the 61 movies they offer? What am amazing coincidence!