They Do It with Mirrors (1991) (TV)

User Rating:

6.9/10   

Director:

Norman Stone

Writers:

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

Release Date:

29 December 1991 (UK)

Genre:

Drama | Crime | Mystery

Plot:

When Miss Marple is invited to the manor house of an old friend, it is not long before a puzzling murder puts her mind to work.

Plot Keywords:

Miss Marple | Manor House | Estate | Murder | Father Son Relationship

Cast

Joan Hickson	...	Miss Jane Marple
Jean Simmons	...	Carrie-Louise Serrocold
Joss Ackland	...	Lewis Serrocold
Faith Brook	...	Ruth van Rydock
Gillian Barge	...	Mildred Strete
Neal Swettenham	...	Edgar Lawson
David Horovitch	...	Chief Inspector Slack
Ian Brimble	...	Sergeant Lake
Christopher Villiers	...	Alex Restarick
Jay Villiers	...	Stephen Restarick
Holly Aird	...	Gina Hudd
Todd Boyce	...	Walter Hudd
Saul Reichlin	...	Dr. Maseryk
John Bott	...	Christian Gulbrandsen
Brenda Cowling	...	Mrs. Rodgers
Matthew Cottle	...	Ernie Gregg
David Doyle	...	Neville
Jake Wood	...	Bert
Tom Kerridge	...	Keithie
Anne Atkins	...	WPC
Stee Billingsley	...	Dancer
Rachel Bond	...	Dancer
Bryn Walters	...	Dancer
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Roger Low	...	Dr. Rosenbloom (uncredited)
Tony Red Richards	...	Police Sergeant (uncredited)

Directed by
Norman Stone

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

Produced by
George Gallaccio	....	producer
Ian R. Wallace	....	associate producer

Cinematography by
John Walker		(photography)

Film Editing by
Bernard Ashby

Production Design by
Alan Spalding

Costume Design by
Brian Willis

Makeup Department
Christine Walmesley-Cotham	....	makeup designer

Production Management
Pennie Bloomfield	....	production manager
Julie Edwards	....	production manager

Art Department
Linda Sherwood-Page	....	graphic designer
Francis Smith	....	properties buyer

Sound Department
Malcolm Campbell	....	sound recordist
Steve Hudson	....	dubbing mixer
Adrian Leslie	....	sound recordist
Stephen Young	....	dubbing editor

Camera and Electrical Department
Jimmy Wilson	....	gaffer

Music Department
John Altman	....	musical director
Ken Howard	....	composer: title and incidental music

Other crew
Clive Arnold	....	assistant floor manager
Les Baker	....	production operative supervisor
Malcolm Campbell	....	film recordist
Clive Chenery	....	assistant floor manager
Paul Dale	....	location manager
Juley Harding	....	production assistant
Tracey Lane	....	location manager
Adrian Leslie	....	film recordist
John Miles	....	finance assistant
Sheila O'Neill	....	ballet choreographer
Alison Passey	....	production secretary
Joe Rhodes	....	assistant floor manager
Louise Caruana Galizia	....	daily floor runner (uncredited)

Production Companies

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

Distributors

• British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (1991) (UK) (TV) (original airing)
• A&E Home Video (1997) (USA) (VHS)
• A&E Home Video (2006) (USA) (DVD)
• A&E Television Networks (199?) (USA) (TV)
• Just Entertainment (2004) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Malavasi Editore (200?) (Italy) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Archive Films U.K.  archive footage

Also Known As:

Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors (UK) (series title)

Runtime:

USA:100 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Company:

A&E Television Networks

Quotes:

Gina Hudd: [to Miss Marple] You're a real prototype, aren't you? Most of Grandame's friends are absolutely last year's turnips, but you're different, aren't you?

Movie Connections:

Followed by The Mirror Crack'd (1992) (TV)

Atmospheric

Christie gets in some well aimed digs at fashions in philanthropy and lets reformatory boss Lewis Serocold spout on about the need to trust young offenders and betray a creepy symbiosis with one of the delinquents who should clearly be in a cosy asylum somewhere.