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7.1/10   344 votes
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Director:
Martyn Friend
Writers:
Agatha Christie (novel)
T.R. Bowen (screenplay)
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Release Date:
25 February 1987 (UK) more
Genre:
Crime | Drama | Mystery more
Plot:
A friend of Miss Marple's sees a woman being strangled in a passing train through the window of hers. When police cannot find a body and doubt the story, Miss Marple enlists her niece to go undercover. full summary | add synopsis
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User Comments:
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Cast

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Joan Hickson ... Miss Jane Marple
Juliette Mole ... Anna Stravinska
David Beames ... Bryan Eastley
Mona Bruce ... Mrs. McGillicuddy
Nicholas Blane ... Paddington Porter
Katy Jarrett ... Mary
Leslie Adams ... Desk Sergeant
David Horovitch ... Detective Inspector Slack
Ian Brimble ... Detective Sergeant Lake
Rhoda Lewis ... Mrs. Brogan
Jill Meager ... Lucy Eyelesbarrow
Joanna David ... Emma Crackenthorpe
Maurice Denham ... Luther Crackenthorpe
Andrew Burt ... Dr. John Quimper
Pamela Pitchford ... Mrs. Kidder
Christopher Haley ... Alexander Eastley
Daniele Stroppa ... James Stoddart-West (as Daniel Steel)
Bernard Brown ... Harold Crackenthorpe
Robert East ... Alfred Crackenthorpe
John Hallam ... Cedric Crackenthorpe
Alan Penn ... Patmore
David Waller ... Chief Inspector Duckham
Will Tacey ... Arthur Wimborne
Jean Boht ... Madame Joliet
David Allen ... Pianist
Naomi Sorkin ... Dancer
Derek Deane ... Dancer
Emma Hitching ... Francoise
Richard Ashley ... Detective Sergeant
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John Hoye ... PC Jones (uncredited)
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Directed by
Martyn Friend 
 
Writing credits
Agatha Christie (novel)

T.R. Bowen (screenplay)

Produced by
George Gallaccio .... producer
 
Original Music by
Ken Howard 
 
Cinematography by
John Walker (photography)
 
Film Editing by
Bernard Ashby 
 
Production Design by
Raymond Cusick  (as Ray Cusick)
 
Costume Design by
Judy Pepperdine 
 
Makeup Department
Sylvia Thornton .... makeup designer
 
Production Management
Peter Markham .... production manager
 
Art Department
Paul Birkbeck .... title illustrations
Linda Sherwood-Page .... graphic designer
Francis Smith .... props buyer
 
Sound Department
Malcolm Campbell .... sound recordist
Colin Goudie .... dubbing editor
Michael Horwood .... dubbing mixer
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Mike House .... grip (uncredited)
John Ward .... Steadicam operator (uncredited)
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Jane Spicer .... costume assistant
 
Music Department
John Altman .... musical director
Alan Blaikley .... composer: title music
Ken Howard .... composer: title music
 
Other crew
Kate Bradley .... location manager
Martin Coates .... assistant floor manager
Patricia Greenland .... production assistant
Julia L. Jones .... assistant floor manager
Anna Kalnars .... production associate
Verity Smith .... assistant floor manager
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Agatha Christie's Miss Marple: 4:50 from Paddington (USA)
Miss Marple: 4.50 from Paddington (UK) (series title)
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Parents Guide:
View content advisory for parents
Runtime:
UK:110 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Filming Locations:
Marylebone Station, Marylebone, London, England, UK
Company:
7 Network more

Fun Stuff

Quotes:
Miss Jane Marple: But of course you must go on searching, Inspector! Now you might say that Elspeth is not a sophisticated person, but, I assure you, she has both feet firmly on the ground. She saw what she saw! more
Movie Connections:
Follows The Body in the Library (1984) (TV) more

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4 out of 16 people found the following comment useful:-
Missed Train, 13 September 2003
4/10
Author: tedg (tedg@FilmsFolded.com) from Virginia Beach

The Marple stories - many of them - are lessons in narrative placement. We start with the basic notion of the mystery narrator shuffling through multiple created realities looking for what makes sense. Marple turns that into the clever notion of detection as gossip: the constructed realities of small town busybodies imposing a simple order on what they hear.

Read this story and see how wonderfully it plays this intelligent game. Now watch this movie version and see how it completely loses this neat idea.

Instead, they follow the BBC rule of exploiting interesting faces and spaces. Lucy IS lovely, but the magic of the mystery is long gone.

Ted's Evaluation -- 1 of 3: You can find something better to do with this part of your life.

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