Joan Hickson
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Jul 5, 2009 · With Julia McKenzie, Rose Heiney, Laura Haddock, Kenneth Cranham. A detestable businessman is murdered while at work, and a handful of rye is found in his pockets. Soon after, members of his household fall victim to a killer intent on recreating scenes from a popular nursery rhyme.
- (1.6K)
- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Charlie Palmer
- 2009-07-05
Miss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye: With Joan Hickson, Fabia Drake, Stacy Dorning, Martyn Stanbridge. When a handful of grain is found in the pocket of a murdered businessman, Miss Marple seeks a murderer with a penchant for nursery rhymes.
- (2.3K)
- 1985-03-07
- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- 103
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A Pocket Full of Rye was the fourth transmitted story in the BBC series of Miss Marple adaptations, which starred Joan Hickson as the elderly sleuth. It was first broadcast in two parts on 7 & 8 March 1985.
- Agatha Christie
- 1953
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Let us explain. Rex Fortescue, king of a financial empire, was sipping tea in his 'counting house' office when he suffered a sudden and agonising death. On later inspection, the pockets of the deceased were found to contain rye grain. What is that all about?
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- Paperback
Stories. A Pocket Full of Rye. Miss Marple. ⌸ Novel. 1953. A series of murders disguised within a nursery rhyme, Miss Marple’s on the case with two of Agatha Christie’s favourite themes, this time following the rhyme 'Sing a Song of Sixpence'. A handful of grain is found in the pocket of a murdered businessman…
