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Feb 12, 2006 · The Moving Finger: Directed by Tom Shankland. With Geraldine McEwan, James D'Arcy, Ken Russell, Frances de la Tour. Troubled war veteran Jerry Burton and his sister Joanna rent a cottage in a seemingly tranquil English village which is plagued by a spate of poison pen letters... and murder.
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- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Tom Shankland
- 2006-02-12
A Murder Is Announced. The Moving Finger is a detective novel by British writer Agatha Christie, first published in the USA by Dodd, Mead and Company in July 1942 [1] and in the UK by the Collins Crime Club in June 1943. [2] The US edition retailed at $2.00 [1] and the UK edition at seven shillings and sixpence.
- Agatha Christie
- 229 (first edition, hardcover)
- 1942
- July 1942
Miss Marple: The Moving Finger: With Joan Hickson, Michael Culver, Deborah Appleby, Andrew Bicknell. The normally friendly village of Lymston is plagued by vile anonymous letters.
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- Joan Hickson, Michael Culver, Deborah Appleby
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The book takes its name from verse 51 of Edward FitzGerald's translation of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, a poem which Agatha Christie greatly admired. The Moving Finger was adapted for twice television, first by the BBC with Joan Hickson as Miss Marple in 1985 and later in 2006 by ITV with Geraldine McEwan in the lead role.
July 21, 2021. The Moving Finger is an early Agatha Christie novel featuring the lovely Miss Marple. Written nearly a century ago, it takes a few chapters to fall back into the proper language and tone, as it's very different from today's standards. I love the way Christie writes, and this was no exception.
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- Paperback
Apr 12, 2011 · -- The Moving Finger, p. 28 After a wartime plane crash, Jerry Burton's doctor advises him to find a nice, quiet country village and "live the life of a vegetable" to speed along the recuperation process. Jerry and his sister Joanna settle in Lymstock, an idyllic country town that is three miles from a main road.
- Agatha Christie
The Moving Finger is the second episode of the second series of Agatha Christie's Marple. It was broadcast on ITV by Granada Television on 12 February 2006. The screenplay was written by Kevin Elyot, and the episode was directed by Tom Shankland. It was an adaptation of the Agatha Christie novel of the same name although originally Miss Marple only came in halfway through. When troubled war ...
