For someone who hasn't seen Margaret Rutherfords performances in those Marple films, I could see this as being an entertaining story, but for everyone else, this was just lazy, inconsistent, and for the most, a waste of time. Shame really. Stick with those Rutherford films, that's where the real charm of the character and story play out properly.

This movie is absolute proof that you can throw any number of big name movie stars together and end up with result that is truly dreadful, as Angela Lansbury herself is reported to have said. I can only imagine what she thought of the terrible dialogue she was given. Cringey, to put it mildly.

Before she was Jessica Fletcher, she was Miss Marple !!! a good adaption of the Agatha,Christie novel, Kim Novak and Elizabeth Taylor, steal the show

Still moving on with my Agatha Christie's adaptations marathon... This one was brilliant! The cast is full of big Hollywood names such as Rock Hudson, Tony Curtis, Kim Novak, Geraldine Chaplin and of course the leading role for Liz Taylor who does an incredible interpretation. And then an unusual but tremendously funny Miss Marple played by Angela Lansbury saying things like: "Gossip? I prefer to call it a healthy interest in human nature."

On a MIss Marple binge. Just watched the Margaret Rutherford version - so much better. This one doesn't even give you a fair chance of figuring it out. The script for the Rutherford one gives you the motivation if you pay attention This version has the perkiness, bright colors and bit of campiness of American productions at the time. I'd watch this one first, as the lesser film and then move on to the other versions