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Marple: The Classic Mysteries Collection (Caribbean Mystery / 4:50 from Paddington / Moving Finger / Nemesis / At Bertram's Hotel / Murder at Vicarage ... Mirrors / Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side) DVD
NR (Not Rated) ::
A&E Home Video ::
Released: 2006-02-28
Rank: #3577 Rating:
4.0/5 (77 Reviews)
5/5
Marple Classic Mysteries (Caribbean Mystery)
by freckles
Miss Marple is probably my favoirte Christie character. I haven't liked the star of all of her movies, but this Miss Marple is very good. I enjoyed it very much.
4/5
A delight!
by C. P. Ross (USA)
Joan Hickson's interpretation of Miss Marple is always a joy in these classic Christies. My only disappointment with the set is the unnecessary edits which shortened a couple of episodes and, sadly, lost story elements (minor, thankfully) in the process. Not a deal breaker, as they are still cracking good yarns.
5/5
4:50 from Lehigh
by Dammerung (lehigh acres, florida)
It's quite a shame that the yanks haven't got better public transport. Imagine witnessing a murder on the way to Sebring on passing cars in the night.
5/5
Great, old mysteries
by P. Dixon (Warsaw, IN)
I am enjoying these old mysteries as much as I did when I watched them years ago. My dear Miss Marple was the perfect detective!
5/5
Marple Classic Mysteries
by Charlene (Hammond, IN)
What can anyone say? Joan Hickson was the absolute best "Miss Marple" there ever was. Agatha Christie would be proud!
Marple: The Classic Mysteries Collection (Caribbean Mystery / 4:50 from Paddington / Moving Finger / Nemesis / At Bertram's Hotel / Murder at Vicarage ... Mirrors / Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side) Summary
Return to post-war England for mystery and a cup of tea with Agatha Christie s most popular creation. The consummate prim and proper crime-fighting spinster, Miss Jane Marple sets down her knitting needles to unwind the most ingenious crimes. As she travels from city to countryside and even the Bahamas, murders, missing bodies and haunted dreams have a habit of falling across Miss Marple s path--w The Consummate Prim & Proper Spinster (whose Cup Of Tea Happens To Be Solving Mysteries) Returns With All 9 Miss Marple Films.
Joan Hickson is the epitome of Agatha Christie's spinster sleuth in this DVD boxed set of nine Miss Marple movies from British television. "Little grey-haired cobra," mutters Detective Inspector Slack (David Horovitch), the hard-slogging policeman who finds himself humbled, again and again, by the frail woman's shrewd insight and dogged determination. Whether on a tropical island, in a grand hotel, or on a bus tour of historic sites, Miss Marple never fails to uncover the buried secrets, illicit affairs, tangled finances, and boorish Americans that abound in Agatha Christie's mysteries. Hickson is said to be Christie's own choice for the role (though when Christie told her this, Hickson was taken aback, as she was still fairly young at the time), and it's easy to see why: Hickson is physically unassuming, a perfect village busybody, yet her eyes contain a constant flicker of curiosity and keen intelligence. This set includes all but three of Hickson's outings as Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery , in which an old bore's death on an island resort sets the plot in motion; The Mirror Crack'd From Side to Side , which features an aging movie star and sumptuous marble bathrooms; in 4:50 from Paddington , the launch of Sputnik is accompanied by a strangling on a train; The Moving Finger begins with poison pen letters, but poison and bludgeonings soon follow; At Bertram's Hotel is one of the most unusual stories, as murder doesn't happen until more than 3/4 of the movie has unfolded, and the ending features a dynamic rooftop chase; Murder at the Vicarage , a definitive village mystery which finds Miss Marple solving a killing on her home turf; Nemesis , in which a wealthy old friend of Miss Marple's orchestrates, after his own death, the investigation of a murder long gone cold; Sleeping Murder , one of the best, starts out as more of a ghost story than a mystery and culminates in genuine suspense; and They Do It With Mirrors , in which misdirection--the cunning art upon which any murder mystery depends--is part of the plot itself.
There are a few famous names sprinkled among the casts (among them Donald Pleasance, Halloween , Jean Simmons, Spartacus , and Joan Greenwood, The Importance of Being Earnest , who has one of the most wonderful voices in the history of British cinema), but these BBC dramas depend mostly on solid, enjoyable character actors--actors much like Hickson herself, who labored for decades in bit parts before finding her plum role. The compression necessary to turn a book into a movie sometimes makes sussing out the murderer simpler, but fans of the genre will still be delighted by Miss Marple's perceptive investigations. --Bret Fetzer
Agatha Christie's Miss Marple:... DVD Techincal Details
Cast:
Joan Hickson , Helena Michell , James Cossins , Joan Greenwood
Director:
Christopher Petit , John Davies , Julian Amyes , Martyn Friend Array
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Running Time: 936 mins
UPC: 733961747096
Binding: DVD
Studio: A&E Home Video
Release Date: 2006-02-28
Region Code: 1
Specs: Box set, DVD, NTSC
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