The Moving Finger (1985) (TV)

Director:

Roy Boulting

Writer:

Julia Jones (dramatisation)

Release Date:

21 February 1985 (UK)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Mystery

Plot:

The residents of a quiet English village begin to receive nasty, threatening letters. The wife of the local vicar calls in her friend Miss Marple to investigate.

Plot Keywords:

Miss Marple | Poison | Poison Pen Letter | Vicar | Solicitor

Cast

Joan Hickson	...	Miss Jane Marple
Michael Culver	...	Edward Symmington
Elizabeth Counsell	...	Angela Symmington
Deborah Appleby	...	Megan Hunter
Lucy Gleeson	...	Robert Symmington
Stuart Mansfield	...	James Symmington
Andrew Bicknell	...	Gerry Burton
Sabina Franklyn	...	Joanna Burton
Richard Pearson	...	Mr. Pye
Hilary Mason	...	Emily Barton
Dilys Hamlett	...	Maude Calthrop
John Arnatt	...	Reverend Guy Calthrop
Sandra Payne	...	Eryl Griffith
Martin Fisk	...	Owen Griffith
Penelope Lee	...	Partridge

Also Known As:

Agatha Christie's Miss Marple: The Moving Finger (UK) (complete title)
Miss Marple: The Moving Finger (UK) (series title)

Runtime:

102 min

Country:

UK | USA | Australia

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Company:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Goofs:

Continuity: After Mr. Pye pours out sherry for his guests, the carafe is seen to be almost empty. On refilling their glasses a short while later the carafe appears half full.

Quotes:

Miss Jane Marple: We are not put in this world to avoid danger - not when an innocent person's life is at stake!

Movie Connections:

Followed by The Murder at the Vicarage (1986) (TV)

Joan Hickson is THE definitive Miss Marple

I couldn't agree more with Mike. My local PBS station here in the US is currently broadcasting the new Miss Marple series one evening a week, while showing the original Joan Hickson Miss Marple as a daily series at 1:00 PM. There is NO comparison. Even Agatha Christie, some years before her own death, predicted that Joan Hickson would be the perfect Miss Marple. She knew her character, and the right actress to play her. The new series struggles far too hard to be "trendy" and puts far too much present-day "politial correctness" into the plots. Geraldine McEwan's Miss Marple has become nearly as much a caricature as Margaret Rutherford's movie portrayal.

Jim.