Murder She Said

This was the first of four Miss Marple films starring Margaret Rutherford and is arguably the most successful. It stays remarkably faithful to the novel - the main difference being that Miss M takes on two other roles as well, that... Full review

I like Miss Marple, and I like Hercule Poirot. But novels often do not translate well to the stage. Time must be compressed for a film far more than for a play. Films rely on action, plays also need some... Full review

My recent discovery of the old Rutherford-Marple films has been sort of a revelation to me. Joan Hickson (who interestingly appears in this film) does a more accurate Marple if you read the novels, but I feel Rutherfords interpretation gives... Full review

I do like "good films" and I rate this as one of the best! Margaret Rutherford is not an ideal Miss Marple according to the books, but Agatha Christie did visit the set of this film and was a good... Full review

So yes, Miss Agatha Christie herself did not quite care for Miss Margaret Rutherford in the role but Miss Rutherford made of the part her own in her own inimitable fashion even going to the extent of having her very... Full review

An elderly spinster called Miss Marple witnesses a man strangling a woman on a passing train. When nobody believes her she investigates the crime herself.Murder She Said marked the first big-screen appearance of Agatha Christie's Miss Marple. The script by... Full review

A neat little who-done-it. Not too hard to figure out who the murderer is.My only quibble with this movie is the character Alexander, an irritatingly precocious and meddlesome teen who tries to outwit all the adults.But Margaret Rutherford is wonderful... Full review

'Murder She Said' is not a great or classic film, yet it is one that I return to all the time. The setting is England, late fall, in the latter 1950's. It stars the delightful Margaret Rutherford as Miss Marple...Mrs.... Full review

As other critics have previously pointed out, Margaret Rutherford's portrayal of Jane Marple has little in common with the visions of the character's creator, Agatha Christie. However, just as Basil Rathbone's depiction of Sherlock Holmes (both in his character portrayal... Full review

Grand Dame Margaret Rutherford gives a fine performance as super sleuth Jane Marple in this, the first of four films based on Christie's detective. Agatha Christie was upset with the casting of Rutherford in the role of her dowdy, inquisitive,... Full review

By Mike Collett-White LONDON (Reuters) - Not many actresses get a career-changing chance at 68. For Julia McKenzie, already a successful stage and TV performer, it came when she was chosen as British television's new Miss Marple, Agatha Christie's famous... ... Full Article

Connect to Facebook/Twitter, recommend via email and much more. Dear, sweet, loopy Margaret Rutherford. She might not have been what mystery writer Agatha Christie envisioned, but to older audiences Ms. ... Full Article

Amid the abbey's statues of the likes of 19th century prime minister Robert Peel and the poet Dryden, diminutive Corbett punctured the austere atmosphere by bringing his own crate so he could be seen behind the lectern. ... Full Article

In the early sixties, Margaret Rutherford made four Miss Marple films, loosely based on the Marple stories of famed mystery writer Agatha Christie. I stress the term "loosely." The Miss Marple of the books was a harmless little old lady ... Full Article