Miss Marple: Nemesis (1987) (TV)

User Rating:

7.5/10   

Director:

David Tucker

Writers:

Agatha Christie (novel)
T.R. Bowen (dramatisation)

Release Date:

8 February 1987 (UK)

Genre:

Crime | Mystery

Plot:

Miss Marple's wealthy friend, Mr.Rafiel dies. He has left a clause in his will that if Miss Marple can...

Plot Keywords:

Murder | Garden | Will | Guided Tour | Detective

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Joan Hickson	...	Miss Jane Marple
Peter Tilbury	...	Lionel Peel
Frank Gatliff	...	Jason Rafiel
Barbara Franceschi	...	Miss Kurnowitz
Bruce Payne	...	Michael Rafiel
Roger Hammond	...	Mr. Broadribb
Patrick Godfrey	...	Mr. Schuster
Ann Queensberry	...	Miss Wimpole
Joanna Hole	...	Madge
Helen Cherry	...	Miss Elizabeth Temple
John Horsley	...	Professor Wanstead
Jane Booker	...	Miss Cooke
Alison Skilbeck	...	Miss Barrow
Valerie Lush	...	Lavinia Glynne
Margaret Tyzack	...	Clothilde Bradbury-Scott
Anna Cropper	...	Anthea Bradbury-Scott
Liz Fraser	...	Mrs. Brent
Peter Copley	...	Archdeacon Brabazon
Roger Booth	...	Mr. Pelham
Reginald Stewart	...	Mr. Hallowes
Jackie Downey	...	Florence
Jonathan Adams	...	Carter
Diane Agnew	...	Receptionist
Marlene Sidaway	...	Mrs. Trollope
Jonathan Stephens	...	Policeman
Oliver Parker	...	London Policeman
David Blake Kelly	...	Tramp
Liz Adams	...	Coach Passenger
Maraquita Annis	...	Coach Passenger
Lesley Burt	...	Coach Passenger
Jack Crosbie	...	Coach Passenger
Jeremy Davies	...	Coach Passenger
Jack Frost	...	Coach Passenger
Eileen Matthews	...	Coach Passenger
Mary Maxfield	...	Coach Passenger
Betty Shawe	...	Coach Passenger
Cy Town	...	Coach Passenger

Directed by
David Tucker

Writing credits
Agatha Christie		(novel)
T.R. Bowen		(dramatisation)

Produced by
George Gallaccio	....	producer
Guy Slater	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Ken Howard

Cinematography by
John Walker		(photography)

Film Editing by
Bernard Ashby
Frances Parker

Production Design by
Don Giles

Costume Design by
Brian Willis

Makeup Department
Sylvia Thornton	....	makeup designer

Production Management
Robert Gabriel	....	production manager
Val Sheppard	....	production manager

Art Department
Paul Birkbeck	....	title illustrations
Linda Sherwood-Page	....	graphic designer
Francis Smith	....	properties buyer

Sound Department
John Hale	....	dubbing mixer
Dennis Panchen	....	sound recordist
Jackie Powell	....	dubbing editor

Camera and Electrical Department
Sharon Childs	....	grip

Music Department
John Altman	....	musical director
Alan Blaikley	....	composer: title music
Ken Howard	....	composer: title music

Other crew
Matthew Bird	....	location manager
Sarah Burling	....	assistant floor manager
George Griffiths	....	location manager
Anna Kalnars	....	production associate
Maggie Lewty	....	production assistant (as Margaret Lewty)
Thea Murray	....	production associate
Christopher Sandeman	....	assistant floor manager
Gillian Tullett	....	assistant floor manager

Production Companies

• 7 Network
• A&E Television Networks
• British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Distributors

• British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (1987) (UK) (TV) (original airing)
• Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) (1987) (USA) (TV)
• Mystery! (1987) (USA) (TV)
• A&E Home Video (1997) (USA) (VHS)
• A&E Home Video (2006) (USA) (DVD)
• Just Entertainment (2004) (Netherlands) (DVD)

Also Known As:

Agatha Christie's Miss Marple: Nemesis (UK) (complete title)

Runtime:

USA:102 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Filming Locations:

Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England, UK

Company:

7 Network

Goofs:

Factual errors: Aircraft of that vintage did not have ejector seats. It would be impossible for the pilot of a plane that low to get out of the aircraft and deploy his parachute.

Quotes:

Miss Elizabeth Temple: [Talking about the murdered girl] There was something in her nature.
Miss Jane Marple: Perhaps it was goodness.
Miss Elizabeth Temple: Do you believe in such things?
Miss Jane Marple: Oh, yes... yes. I believe in evil, in everlasting life, and oh. yes, goodness... yes.

Movie Connections:

Version of Marple: Nemesis (2007) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Nocturne No.8 D-flat major, Op.27-2

If you have heart... you will love this one.

I give this a 10 out of 10, not because the plot was hard to uncover because it wasn't... but because it leaves one caring for the characters. The acting, by all the cast, is superb, especially Joan Hickson, and it's a marvellous episode because of it's heart.

Miss Marple is called upon by Jason Rafiel's dying request to investigate, and solve, a murder that happened some seven or eight years previously, and she has to discover who, why and when as she goes along. Mr Rafiel is the same Rafiel as was in A Caribbean Mystery and so there is a sense of a connection here.

Nemesis is definitely one for the amateur psychologists among us, and if you are one of those who is only happy with lots of blood, guts and rip-roaring action sequences, then you won't like it. But if you are like me, one who loves knowing about PEOPLE and discovering what makes them tick, then Nemesis is the one for you.