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Director:
Roy Boulting
Writer:
Julia Jones (dramatisation)
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Release Date:
21 February 1985 (UK) more
Genre:
Crime | Drama | Mystery more
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. full summary | add synopsis
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[TV] Agatha Christie: Poirot & Marple
 (From JustPressPlay. 30 July 2009, 8:00 PM, PDT)

[TV] Agatha Christie: Poirot & Marple
 (From JustPressPlay. 30 July 2009, 8:00 PM, PDT)

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Cast

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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
Juliet Waley ... Beatrice Dunn
Imogen Bickford-Smith ... Elsie Holland
Gerald Sim ... Coroner
Geoffrey Davion ... Superintendent Nash
Roger Ostime ... Detective Inspector Crawford
Victor Maddern ... Police Constable Johnson
Ninka Scott ... Miss Ginch
Patsy Smart ... Mrs. Cleat

Gordon Rollings ... Mr. Arthur Cleat
Michael Waterman ... George Ellis
Catherine Owen ... Rose
Carol Gleeson ... Contralto
John Keenan ... Pianist
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Directed by
Roy Boulting 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Agatha Christie  novel (uncredited)
Julia Jones  dramatisation

Produced by
Guy Slater .... producer
 
Original Music by
Alan Blaikley 
Ken Howard 
 
Cinematography by
Ian Hilton (photography)
 
Film Editing by
Graham Walker 
 
Production Design by
Paul Allen 
 
Costume Design by
Christian Dyall 
 
Production Management
Andrew Benson .... production manager
 
Art Department
Helen MacKenzie .... properties buyer (as Helen Mackenzie)
Linda Sherwood-Page .... graphic designer
 
Sound Department
Martyn Clift .... sound recordist
John Hale .... dubbing mixer
Rob Maynard .... dubbing editor
 
Editorial Department
Bernard Ashby .... chief film editor
 
Music Department
John Altman .... musical director
 
Other crew
Alexandra Bridcut .... assistant floor manager (as Alex Bridcut)
George Gallaccio .... production associate
Juley Harding .... production assistant
John Kay .... assistant floor manager
Tony Redston .... location manager
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Agatha Christie's Miss Marple: The Moving Finger (UK) (complete title)
Miss Marple: The Moving Finger (UK) (series title)
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Runtime:
102 min
Country:
UK | USA | Australia
Language:
English
Color:
Color

Fun Stuff

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. more
Quotes:
Miss Jane Marple: We are not put in this world to avoid danger - not when an innocent person's life is at stake! more
Movie Connections:
Follows The Body in the Library (1984) (TV) more

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16 out of 25 people found the following comment useful.
Poor Ted, 27 December 2004
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Author: mike-1828 from United Kingdom

Oh dear, poor Ted, he seems, from his email address to be in Education, and one would suspect that his academic speciality is "Mystery Writers". A pity, excessive analysis over the years appears to have rather distorted his power of judgement. I was lucky enough to have been brought up in 1950s England, and I have never seen a series which more accurately reflects the life and people I remember then, less the murders of course! The real problem Ted has with the whole series is revealed in this comment: "At least this one emphasizes the obnoxious, mousey character of Jane more than the others." He just doesn't like Joan Hickson's characterisation. Well, sorry old chap, I knew many friends of my grandparents who were extremely similar to this Miss Marple, intelligent ladies of the Raj who had returned to England or daughters of the prewar middle class coping with the new society that was being shaped. They were used to a 'certain standard' in all things. Behind the fierce formal exterior, though, there was a twinkle, although often buried quite deeply. If Ted doesn't like this Joan Hickson characterisation, then I'm pretty sure he would have not have got on with Agatha Christie either. Probably Erle Stanley Gardner's more his type! This episode is up to the standard of the rest of the series, and it was directed by Roy Boulting, who would also remember this time well since it was his heyday at Shepperton Studios, producing classics like 'I'm alright Jack'. Hence the accuracy of the period feel. If you want to see Miss Marple really messed up, then check out the new 2004 series featuring Geraldine McEwan, whom I admire in the right part (Mapp and Lucia for example). But she is NOT Miss Marple, Miss Hickson IS.

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