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T.R. Bowen (screenplay)
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25 December 1989 (UK) more
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While on vacation at a resort hotel in the West Indies, Miss Marple correctly suspects that the apparently natural death of a retired British major is actually the work of a murderer planning yet another killing. 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 Marple

Donald Pleasence ... Jason Rafiel
Adrian Lukis ... Tim Kendal

Sophie Ward ... Molly Kendal

T.P. McKenna ... Dr. Grahame
Michael Feast ... Edward Hillingdon
Sheila Ruskin ... Evelyn Hillingdon
Frank Middlemass ... Major Palgrave
Robert Swann ... Greg Dyson (as Robert Swan)
Sue Lloyd ... Lucky Dyson
Barbara Barnes ... Esther Walters
Stephen Bent ... Jackson

Joseph Mydell ... Inspector Weston
Valerie Buchanan ... Victoria
Isabelle Lucas ... Aunty Johnson
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Agatha Christie's Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery (UK) (series title)
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USA:104 min (DVD)
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Jason Rafiel: I had to think about this quite a bit before mentioning it to you.
Inspector Weston: And why is that, Mr. Rafael?
Jason Rafiel: It wasn't my idea, and the person who had it - the idea, I mean - is a little old lady who knits and wears lace. She also has a mind like a bacon slicer.
Inspector Weston: Why didn't she come to me herself?
Jason Rafiel: She didn't think you'd take her seriously.
Inspector Weston: I might have done.
Jason Rafiel: I doubt it. It's a very good disguise. She even had me fooled for a minute.
[He laughs]
Inspector Weston: Better have her name for the record.
Jason Rafiel: Miss Marple.
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Version of A Caribbean Mystery (1983) (TV) more

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2 out of 2 people found the following review useful.
Sheer Class, 16 April 2008
10/10
Author: Paul Evans from Swansea, United Kingdom

I cannot believe the lack of positive comments on this episode. Everything works together, the acting, the locations, the music, the subtle changes to the book. To make what is in my humble opinion a wonderful piece of drama, Joan Hickson is as always incredibly good in the role. Superior in every way to the awful Helen Hayes version, Adrian Lukis and the gorgeous Sophie Ward are superb, and the closing scene between them is superbly acted and gripping. It would be really interesting to see if ITV can produce something as good as this when it comes around to it, will also be interesting to see who will be starring as Miss Marple. Sit back and enjoy this wonderful drama.

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