Murder Most Foul is the third of four films, made by MGM, loosely based on novels by Agatha Christie and starring Margaret Rutherford as Miss Jane Marple, Bud Tingwell as Inspector Craddock and Stringer Davis (Rutherford's real-life husband) as Mr Stringer.
The film was made in 1964 and directed by George Pollock, with David Pursall credited with the adaptation. The music was by Ron Goodwin.
The story is ostensibly based on the novel Mrs McGinty'...
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Murder Most Foul is the third of four films, made by MGM, loosely based on novels by Agatha Christie and starring Margaret Rutherford as Miss Jane Marple, Bud Tingwell as Inspector Craddock and Stringer Davis (Rutherford's real-life husband) as Mr Stringer.
The film was made in 1964 and directed by George Pollock, with David Pursall credited with the adaptation. The music was by Ron Goodwin.
The story is ostensibly based on the novel Mrs McGinty's Dead, but totally changes the action and the characters. Hercule Poirot is replaced by Miss Marple and most other characters are not in the original story.
Margaret McGinty, a barmaid and former actress, is found hanged, and her lodger, Harold Taylor, caught at the scene, seems plainly guilty. It's an open-and-shut case, the police think, but Miss Marple, a member of the jury that tries him, is not so sure and the jury cannot agree.
Despite the disapproval of the police, Miss Marple is driven to investigate further. This sees her audition...
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