They Do It with Mirrors (1991) (TV)

Director:

Norman Stone

Writer:

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 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
Matthew Cottle	...	Ernie Gregg
John Bott	...	Christian Gulbrandsen

Also Known As:

Agatha Christie's Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors (UK) (series title)

Runtime:

USA:100 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White (archive footage) | 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:

Follows Miss Marple: Nemesis (1987) (TV)

Miss Marple comes to the aid of an old friend while solving yet another untimely demise

Miss Marple is the best of friends with two aging sisters. One sister, who thinks the other is in danger, has Miss Marple to pay a timely visit. Upon arriving she encounters a host of garden variety misfits and reform school types, along with their keepers, sharing the estate grounds with her friend. All of this makes for a genuinely great plot that includes the murder of the family Patriarch by which Miss Marple further sharpens her already keenly honed crime solving acumen.

This is one of the better TV-Movie adaptations that preserves the plot from novel to the screen. The screenplay flows well, has no obvious holes or gaps, the acting is grade A, and the Directing is Superb. I highly recommend this particular film as one of the BEST Miss Marple TV-Movies ever!!!