Murder She Said
See the strange case of the strangler-killer on the night express!
1961 | 87m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | George Pollock |
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| Writer: | Agatha Christie, David Pursall, David D. Osborn, Jack Seddon |
| Staring: |
| Miss Marple believes she's seen a murder in a passing-by train, yet when the police find no evidence she decides to investigate it on her own. | |
| Release Date: | Sep 26, 1961 |
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| Director: | George Pollock |
| Writer: | Agatha Christie, David Pursall, David D. Osborn, Jack Seddon |
| Genres: | Comedy, Drama, Crime, Mystery |
| Keywords | poison, based on novel or book, country estate, amateur detective, detective inspector, golf, fake identity, employment agency, black and white, murder mystery |
| Production Companies | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer British Studios, George H. Brown Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Margaret Rutherford | Miss Jane Marple |
| Arthur Kennedy | Paul Quimper |
| Muriel Pavlow | Emma Ackenthorpe |
| James Robertson Justice | Luther Ackenthorpe |
| Thorley Walters | Cedric Ackenthorpe |
| Charles Tingwell | Inspector Craddock |
| Conrad Phillips | Harold Ackenthorpe |
| Ronald Howard | Brian Eastley |
| Joan Hickson | Mrs. Kidder |
| Stringer Davis | Jim Stringer |
| Ronnie Raymond | Alexander Eastley |
| Gerald Cross | Albert Ackenthorpe |
| Michael Golden | Hillman |
| Richard Briers | 'Mrs Binster' |
| Lucy Griffiths | Lucy |
| Peter Butterworth | Ticket Collector |
| Barbara Leake | Helen Stainton |
| Gordon Harris | Bacon |
| Nadia Pavlova | Murder Victim (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Harry White | Art Direction |
| Ernest Walter | Editor |
| George Pollock | Director |
| Agatha Christie | Novel |
| David Pursall | Screenplay |
| David D. Osborn | Screenplay |
| Jack Seddon | Screenplay |
| Geoffrey Faithfull | Director of Photography |
| Ron Goodwin | Original Music Composer, Conductor |
| Eddie Knight | Makeup Artist |
| A.W. Watkins | Sound Supervisor |
| Tom Howard | Special Effects |
| Jan Darnley-Smith | Production Manager |
| Austin Dempster | Camera Operator |
| Robert Carrick | Sound Editor |
| Cyril Swern | Sound Recordist |
| J.B. Smith | Sound Recordist |
| Beryl Booth | Continuity |
| Felix Evans | Wardrobe Master |
| Norman Hargood | Still Photographer |
| Pearl Orton | Hairdresser |
| Douglas Hickox | Assistant Director |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| George H. Brown | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person | |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAFTA Awards | Best Actress | Doris Day | Nominated |
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| 2024 | 4 | 14 | 24 | 10 |
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The first of the four films Margaret Rutherford was to make portraying Agatha Christie's dotty old "Miss Marple" who had a nose for detective work. Here she looks out of the window as she travels home on her train to witness a woman being strangled on a train passing in the other direction. She repo ... rts this to the authorities but they prove sceptical and so she duly sets off to track down the assailant with the help of her not-so-sturdy sidekick "Mr. Stringer" (Stringer Davis). Arthur Kennedy, Muriel Pavlow, a perfectly curmudgeonly James Robertson Justice and en engagingly smart-alec effort from the young Ronnie Raymond are her foils in this simple, engaging, murder-mystery with a twist. Who would dare to put poison in her duck curry?