When Elspeth McGillicuddy is the only withness to a brutal murder - for which not even a body is in evidence - it takes all of Miss Marple's remarkable ingenuity to discover the key to a secret which lies buried within a decaying country house. Read more
| Starring | Joan Hickson, Maurice Denham, Jean Boht, Joanna David |
|---|---|
| Director | Martyn Friend |
| Genres | Drama, Television |
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When Elspeth McGillicuddy is the only withness to a brutal murder - for which not even a body is in evidence - it takes all of Miss Marple's remarkable ingenuity to discover the key to a secret which lies buried within a decaying country house.
| Starring | Joan Hickson, Maurice Denham, Jean Boht, Joanna David |
|---|---|
| Director | Martyn Friend |
| Studio | BBC |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama, Television |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 20 Jun 2005 Production year: 1987 |
| Format | DVD |
I really do enjoy watching Joan Hickson as Miss Marple, but on this occassion, the very poor film to DVD transfer deflated my enthusiam for watching.
The colours looked very grey, dull and flat with a bad green colour cast It's like the white-balance is off. For example, green walls, road tarmac, pavements, faces. A real pity the BBC didn't do more to correct and clean-up this DVD before release.
I got so frustrated with the technical quality, I gave up and posted the disc back after a hour!!
Without doubt Joan Hickson is the definitive Miss Marple, she was in fact the choice of Agatha Christie herself who had seen her perform in another play and decided that years later she was the actress she wanted to play her Miss Marple.
This adventure was one of my favourites