New mischief amidst the mizzen-masts!
During an annual board of trustees meeting, one of the trustees dies. Miss Marple thinks he’s been poisoned after finding a chemical on him. She sets off to investigate at the ship where he had just come from. The fourth and final film from the Miss Marple series starring Margaret Rutherford as the quirky amateur detective.
- 7.1
- 1964
- Released
- 1h 33m
Margaret Rutherford
Miss Jane Marple
Lionel Jeffries
Captain Rhumstone
Stringer Davis
Jim Stringer
Charles Tingwell
Inspector Craddock
William Mervyn
Breeze-Connington
Henry Oscar
Lord Rudkin
Joan Benham
Alice Fanbraid
Nicholas Parsons
Dr. Crump
Miles Malleson
Bishop
Derek Nimmo
Sub-Lt. Eric Humbert
Gerald Cross
BrewerNorma Foster
Asst. Matron Shirley Boston
Terence Edmond
Sgt. Bacon
Francis Matthews
Lt. Compton
Lucy Griffiths
MillieBernard Adams
Dusty MillerEdna Petrie
Miss Pringle
Roy Holder
Petty Officer LambTony Quinn
Tramp
Released
en
- #ship
- #poison
- #amateur detective
- #detective inspector
- #covered investigation
- #eavesdropping
- #snuff
- #curatorship
- #gang of thieves
- #danger of life
- #black and white
- #murder mystery
Reviews
In my view, this is the weaker of the four "Miss Marple" films made by George Pollock for MGM. Margaret Rutherford is flawless as the trustee of a charity charged with the rehabilitation of young offenders and Lionel Jeffries provides the laughs as the Captain of "HMS Battledore" - the sailing sloop that is used to convert these youngsters from their recalcitrant ways. As one of her fellow trustee