Top billed cast

1. 

   Margaret Rutherford

   Miss Jane Marple

2. 

   Lionel Jeffries

   Captain Rhumstone

3. 

   Stringer Davis

   Jim Stringer

4. 

   Charles Tingwell

   Inspector Craddock

5. 

   William Mervyn

   Breeze-Connington

6. 

   Henry Oscar

   Lord Rudkin

7. 

   Joan Benham

   Alice Fanbraid

8. 

   Nicholas Parsons

   Dr. Crump

9. 

   Miles Malleson

   Bishop

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2024-06-01

In my view, this is the weaker of the four "Miss Marple" films made by George Pollock for MGM. Margaret Rutherford is flawless as the trustee of a charity charged with the rehabilitation of young offenders and Lionel Jeffries provides the laughs as the Captain of "HMS Battledore" - the sailing sloop that is used to convert these youngsters from their recalcitrant ways. As one of her fellow trustees suddenly - and literally - snuffs it, "Miss Marple" suspects foul play and with the help of a home chemistry set (and, "Mr. Stringer", of course) deduces that he was ingeniously poisoned! She sets o...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• ship
• poison
• amateur detective
• detective inspector
• covered investigation
• eavesdropping
• snuff
• curatorship
• gang of thieves
• danger of life
• black and white
• murder mystery