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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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Joan Hickson is THE definitive Miss Marple more

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:
Revealing mistakes: The corpse of Mrs Symmington blinks while the doctor is examining her. 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:
Followed by The Mirror Crack'd (1992) (TV) more

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7 out of 7 people found the following comment useful:-
Joan Hickson is THE definitive Miss Marple, 24 August 2006
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Author: jbpvdri from United States

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.

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