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A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
Keep the feeling.
SIMILAR PICKS / A PERSONAL CONNECTION
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Why this pick
Another Margaret Rutherford Miss Marple case, with the same briskly comic sleuthing, cheerful English eccentricity and a murder investigation that moves into a colourful theatrical world.
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Why this pick
Rutherford’s indomitable Marple again turns amateur suspicions into energetic detection, preserving the playful period tone, broad character comedy and lightly threatening mystery of Murder at the Gallop.
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Why this pick
A flamboyant, comic Agatha Christie adaptation whose amateur detective and heightened 1960s style make it a good fit for Gallop’s cosy murder mechanics and mischievous spirit.
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Why this pick
This Miss Marple mystery keeps the English village intrigue and celebrity-studded suspect pool, but offers a more polished, autumnal version of the light-yet-macabre Christie atmosphere.
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Why this pick
For the broad comic side of Murder at the Gallop: two bumbling detectives navigate an old-dark-house murder case amid eccentric suspects, secret passages and knowingly silly period-gothic fun.
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01 / THE STORY
While Miss Marple (Margaret Rutherford) and Mr Stringer (Stringer Davis) are soliciting donations for a charity ("The Reformed Criminals Assistance League"), they visit Mr. Enderby (Finlay Currie), a rich and eccentric recluse. He tumbles down the long entrance staircase, apparently the victim of a fatal heart attack. Knowing that Enderby had a pathological fear of cats, Miss Marple becomes suspicious when she finds one in the house. She also finds a piece of mud bearing the print of a riding boot, but when she goes to Inspector Craddock (Bud Tingwell), he is sceptical, believing that Enderby died of natural causes.
02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
Mr. Stringer
Hector Enderby
Inspector Craddock
George Crossfield
Rosamund Shane
Mr. Trundell
Old Enderby
Dr. Markwell
