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Director:
Julian Amyes
Writers:
Agatha Christie (novel)
T.R. Bowen (screenplay)
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Release Date:
25 December 1986 (UK) more
Genre:
Crime | Mystery more
Plot:
Faced with two false confessions and numerous suspects after a despised civil magistrate is found shot in the local vicarage, Detective Inspector Slack reluctantly accepts help from Miss Marple. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
2 nominations more
User Comments:
Wonderful Joan Hickson more (8 total)

Cast

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Joan Hickson ... Miss Jane Marple
Paul Eddington ... Rev. Leonard Clement
Cheryl Campbell ... Griselda Clement
Robert Lang ... Colonel Protheroe
Polly Adams ... Ann Protheroe
Tara MacGowran ... Lettice Protheroe
James Hazeldine ... Lawrence Redding
Christopher Good ... Christopher Hawes
Norma West ... Mrs. Lestrange
Michael Browning ... Dr. Haydock
David Horovitch ... Detective Inspector Slack
Ian Brimble ... Detective Sergeant Lake
Jack Galloway ... Bill Archer
Rachel Weaver ... Mary Wright
Rosalie Crutchley ... Mrs. Price-Ridley
Barbara Hicks ... Miss Hartnell
Kathleen Bidmead ... Miss Wetherby
Deddie Davies ... Mrs. Salisbury
Tony Brandon ... Fred Abbot
Kenneth Keeling ... Ned Abbot
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Directed by
Julian Amyes 
 
Writing credits
Agatha Christie (novel)

T.R. Bowen (screenplay)

Produced by
George Gallaccio .... producer
Guy Slater .... executive producer
 
Original Music by
Ken Howard 
 
Cinematography by
John Walker (photography)
 
Film Editing by
Bernard Ashby 
 
Production Design by
Ray London  (as Raymond London)
 
Costume Design by
Juanita Waterson 
 
Makeup Department
Sylvia Thornton .... makeup designer
 
Production Management
Viv Rosenz .... production manager
 
Art Department
Paul Birkbeck .... title illustrations
Linda Sherwood-Page .... graphic designer
Francis Smith .... properties buyer
 
Sound Department
Bill Chesneau .... sound recordist
John Hale .... dubbing mixer
Robin Graham Scott .... dubbing editor (as Robin Graham-Scott)
 
Camera and Electrical Department
John Ward .... Steadicam operator
 
Music Department
John Altman .... musical director
Alan Blaikley .... composer: title music
Ken Howard .... composer: title music
Paul Kegg .... musician: cello (uncredited)
 
Other crew
Maggie Lewty .... production assistant (as Margaret Lewty)
Thea Murray .... production associate
Christopher Sandeman .... assistant floor manager
Chris Stanton .... assistant floor manager
Laurence Wilson .... location manager
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage (UK) (series title)
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Parents Guide:
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Runtime:
102 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Certification:
Australia:PG
Filming Locations:
Nether Wallop, Hampshire, England, UK
Company:
7 Network more

Fun Stuff

Quotes:
Detective Inspector Slack: I thought it was looking too good to be true. I shoulds known better! Soon as I saw that nice looking, gray-haired cobra sliding about, I shoulda known better
Detective Sergeant Lake: Hunh?
Detective Inspector Slack: The Marple woman sticks to this sort of business like chewing gum to the cat.
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Movie Connections:
Follows A Murder Is Announced (1985) (TV) more

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6 out of 6 people found the following comment useful.
Wonderful Joan Hickson, 31 December 2006
Author: dbdumonteil

I have never thought that Margaret Rutherford was the perfect actress to portray Christie's famous lady detective.Angela Landsbury,who portrayed her in "the mirror cracked" was not an ideal choice either.Joan Hickson was Miss Marple as I see her ,discreet ,insightful,mischievous,terribly observant.She and the detective inspector make a funny pair,like Poirot and Japp. Unlike Poirot,Marple does not really investigate.She never questions the suspects (some of whom even use her as their alibi)but has a rare talent for observation.

"Murder at the vicarage" is a classic Christie novel:it happens in Jane Marple's village where a wicked colonel nobody likes -and thus has a reason to kill him of course- is murdered.It even involves the priests who are suspects too.Good job by all the cast.

French title (of the novel and the movie):"L'affaire Prothero" .

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