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Dec 25, 1986 · Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage: Directed by Julian Amyes. With Joan Hickson, Paul Eddington, Cheryl Campbell, Robert Lang. Faced with two false confessions and numerous suspects after a despised civil magistrate is found shot in the local vicarage, Detective Inspector Slack reluctantly accepts help from Miss Marple.
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- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Julian Amyes
- 1986-12-25
Joan Hickson (in my book) is the definitive Miss Marple. There have been other actors before (Margaret Rutherford, who blustered her way through it) and after (Geraldine McEwan, who contributed a certain amount of spunk to the role) and later, Julia McKensie, who was a bit too placid for my taste), but Joan Hickson provides just the right mixture of elderly spinster and independent thinker to ...
- 95 min
- 68.2K
Jun 15, 2023 · In the sleepy English village of St Mary Mead, one man - Colonel Protheroe - is intensely disliked by everyone. Even the vicar has good reason to want to murder him. Then Protheroe is found with a bullet through the head, slumped over the desk in the vicarage study.
- June 15, 2023
- Ade Binelli
- 99 min
- 11.6K
Miss Marple. (TV series) Miss Marple, titled Agatha Christie's Miss Marple in the series, is a British television series based on the Miss Marple murder mystery novels by Agatha Christie, starring Joan Hickson in the title role. It aired from 26 December 1984 to 27 December 1992 on BBC1.
Dec 19, 2004 · The Murder at the Vicarage: Directed by Charlie Palmer. With Geraldine McEwan, John Owens, Jana Carpenter, Tim McInnerny. No one seems surprised when Colonel Protheroe is found murdered in the local vicarage.
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- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Charlie Palmer
- 2004-12-19
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When Colonel Protheroe, hated by all around, is found dead at the Vicarage, the villagers of St Mary Meadare left in an uproar. Miss Marple, an elderly spinster with a talent for snooping and solving little everyday puzzles, promptly joins the investigation.
Joan Hickson as Miss MarplePaul Eddington as Reverend Leonard ClementCheryl Campbell as Griselda ClementRobert Lang as Colonel Lucius ProtheroeAnimosity between official investigators and the amateur detective – here, Inspector Slack thoroughly disregards Miss Marple's input until very late in the case
Nether Wallop, Hampshire - St. Mary Mead scenesHouse next to St Mary's Church, Amport, Hampshire (51.1989658, -1.5547713) - the vicarage, Miss Marple's gardenHoughton Lodge and Gardens, Stockbridge, Hampshire - Old Hall, Protheroe's houseChurch Lane, Sparsholt, Hampshire - Houses of Mrs Lestrange, Dr HaydockAnn Protheroe reads the novel The Broken Road by A. E. W. Mason, who created the fictional detective Inspector Hanaud.
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Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage (TV Movie 1986) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
