There’s Geraldine Chaplin as Ella Zelinsky, Jason Rudd’s secretary I believe. I found the Lola character in this film bitchier than others. ![]() I’ve seen Kim Novak in the film ‘Vertigo’ with James Stewart. Kim Novak stars as Lola Brewster, another Hollywood star that is Marina’s rival. Interestingly Tony Curtis was in the 1959 film ‘Some Like It Hot’ with Marilyn Munroe. Fenn, the film’s producer who’s a sort-of rival to Jason Rudd during the film shoot. ![]() It’s intriguing how he portrays Jason Rudd who protects Marina in her illness. Rock Hudson was a big movie star of his time. Rock Hudson stars as Jason Rudd, Marina’s husband and the film’s director. Marina has a tragic past as she lost a child that became retarded. There are actors of the American continent in this as well as British, although the American cast have a priority.Įlizabeth Taylor stars as Marina Gregg-Rudd, the glamorous Hollywood film star who takes up residence in Dolly Bantry’s home. Like the previous films featuring Poriot, ‘The Mirror Crack’d’ features a star-studied cast. But soon a sudden death takes place and Miss Marple must investigate. Mary Mead, a film crew from Hollywood comes to make a film there. I can assume all the other Miss Marple stories with Angela Lansbury occurred before or after. It’s also interesting to wonder why the film producers chose ‘The Mirror Crack’d’ as their first Marple film. I don’t recall any of the other Miss Marples like Joan Hickson’s Marple smoking. There are also creative choices I would question about Angela Lansbury’s Marple such as her smoking in the film. Although she decided to play it straight in the film, Angela Lansbury’s Marple comes across as very enthusiastic in solving a murder. I enjoyed Angela Lansbury’s portrayal of Miss Marple in this film. Surprised she didn’t play Miss Marple in that. The story’s the same despite certain alterations.Īngela Lansbury is no stranger to the world of Agatha Christie as she played Salome Otterbourne in the 1978 ‘Death on the Nile’ film with Peter Ustinov. It was fascinating to watch this film adaptation of a Miss Marple story that I knew fairly well and compare/contrast it with other TV versions I’d seen. They include the 1992 Joan Hickson BBC version as well as the 2011 Julia McKenzie ITV version. Hence why they cut to ‘The Mirror Crack’d’! □ I’ve seen other TV adaptations of this ‘Miss Marple’ tale. It’s of course based on the 1962 book ‘The Mirror Crack’d From Side to Side’. It’s interesting about ‘The Mirror Crack’d’ as a film adaptation of one of the Miss Marple books. There are clearly certain characters reduced and omitted in this film. It’s just the creative choices made behind this film sometimes make it a less faithful film adaptation of the book it was based upon. Not that Angela Lansbury isn’t great as she provides an intriguing take on the character. With that said, I don’t think ‘The Mirror Crack’d’ is a great film adaptation featuring the Miss Marple character. ![]() I assume it did well in the UK, but sadly all the plans for future ‘Miss Marple’ films had to be scrapped. ‘The Mirror Crack’d’ was considered a box office disappointment when it was released in America. ![]() □Īs I understand it, there was originally going to be three movies made with Miss Marple, like there were three movies made with Poriot by the same producers. She later did ‘Murder, She Wrote’.Īfter the success of the first two Poriot films they made – ‘Murder on the Orient Express’ and ‘Death on the Nile’, producers John Brabourne and Richard Goodwin decided to do Miss Marple territory. A shame really! I would’ve liked Angela Lansbury to do more Miss Marples. So, here we have the first and only movie to feature Angela Lansbury as Miss Marple. Movie Star Murder with Angela Lansbury’s Marple Please feel free to comment on my review.
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