- Release Date: 1964
- Runtime: 93 min
- Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Starring: Margaret Rutherford, Lionel Jeffries, Charles 'Bud' Tingwell, William Mervyn ... see all
- Director: George Pollock
- Plot: Miss Marple investigates the murder of one of her fellow trustees of a fund which rehabilitates young criminals. To investigate she goes aboard the ship used to train the juveniles,... Read more
User Reviews
The mystery isn't great but the cast are good and the film is lively and good fun
May 28, 2006
bob the moo - imdb.com
May 28, 2006bob the moo - imdb.com
Whilst visiting the monthly meeting of a naval trust set up long ago one of her relatives, Miss Marple is surprised by the rudeness of Follie Hardwick who demands to speak outside of the agenda. Hardwick insists that his news... Full review
"All in all fantastic light hearted fun."
Feb 12, 2006
jamesraeburn2003 - imdb.com
Feb 12, 2006jamesraeburn2003 - imdb.com
Miss Marple joins the board of senior trustees for a youth reformation committee, which prides itself on reforming troublesome teenagers by means of naval cadet training on board a ship called The Battledore. But when one of her fellow trustees... Full review
The last in the series and the weakest...
Nov 22, 2004
Brigid O Sullivan - imdb.com
Nov 22, 2004Brigid O Sullivan - imdb.com
Apparently Agatha Christie totally removed herself from any association after the third in the series of these Margaret Rutherford vehicles. So this is not even adapted from any of Agatha Christie's novels and it shows.Margaret, as usual, has a great... Full review
Delightfully old-fashioned.
Aug 20, 2004
dbdumonteil - imdb.com
Aug 20, 2004dbdumonteil - imdb.com
When I saw the movie for the first time some 25 years ago I did not like it.Today I find it quite entertaining and I have much fun to watch it.Hindsight displays its charm.First of all,this is the kind of... Full review
Very Enjoyable
Dec 04, 2002
Ccmcr1 - imdb.com
Dec 04, 2002Ccmcr1 - imdb.com
I enjoyed watching this film so much. It has to be the best of the Miss Marple films made from 1961 - 1965, starring Margaret Rutherford.Miss Marple is working as a trustee of a fund in association with a ship... Full review
not the third!
Apr 30, 2002
todmichel - imdb.com
Apr 30, 2002todmichel - imdb.com
Just a little rectification: if the order of releases in Great-Britain is correct, this film is the fourth, not the third, in the series. The British releases were as follow: Murder, She Said - August, 1961 Murder at the Gallop... Full review
A cocktail of clean humour and mystery
Feb 22, 2002
Jugu Abraham - imdb.com
Feb 22, 2002Jugu Abraham - imdb.com
I have enjoyed watching all the Miss Marple/Margaret Rutherford movies for they provide light entertainment. This one in particular was worth your time because of a great performance by Lionel Jeffries as the captain of the ship. Jeffries, Rutherford, and... Full review
A life on the ocean waves...NOT!
Nov 21, 2001
Derek William Hall - imdb.com
Nov 21, 2001Derek William Hall - imdb.com
This was the fourth and final offering in the Rutherford/Marple quartet of old English masterpieces. As good as it was though - and it did not let us down as yet another reminder of how quaint some parts of a... Full review
Admiral Marple
Feb 14, 2000
BILLYBOY-10 - imdb.com
Feb 14, 2000BILLYBOY-10 - imdb.com
Seems old Follie Hardwick gets snuffed out after a visit to the HMS Battledorn, a old wreck used to rehibilitate wayward boys. That leaves another old wreck, Jane Marple to personally investigate the shennanigans aboard ship, and so she does... Full review
All Aboard!
Feb 09, 2000
BaronBl00d - imdb.com
Feb 09, 2000BaronBl00d - imdb.com
The third and arguably best film from the Miss Marple films of the 6o's. This time out Miss Marple must solve a mysterious death concerning a trustee and a snuff box, which eventually lands her on board a ship as... Full review
News
4-Disc : Murder She Said, Murder At The Gallop, Murder Ahoy, Murder Most Foul
dvdtown.com –
2006-03-08
The last of Margaret Rutherford's "Miss Marple" films, Murder Ahoy is the only one of the series not based on an Agatha Christie original. The setting this time is a boat that has been purchased by a trusteeship to serve... ... Full Article


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