New mischief amidst the mizzen-masts!
Director: George Pollock
Producer: Ben Arbeid, Lawrence P. Bachmann
During an annual board of trustees meeting, one of the trustees dies. Miss Marple thinks he’s been poisoned after finding a chemical on him. She sets off to investigate at the ship where he had just come from. The fourth and final film from the Miss Marple series starring Margaret Rutherford as the quirky amateur detective.
93 min
Rating: 7/10
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Top Cast
Margaret Rutherford
Miss Jane Marple
Lionel Jeffries
Captain Rhumstone
Stringer Davis
Jim Stringer
Charles Tingwell
Inspector Craddock
William Mervyn
Breeze-Connington
Henry Oscar
Lord Rudkin
Movie Info
Director: George Pollock
Producer: Ben Arbeid, Lawrence P. Bachmann
Production Companies: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer British Studios, Lawrence P. Bachmann Productions
Countries: United Kingdom
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CinemaSerf:
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 off to the seaside visit the ship and get to the bottom of it all, to the chagrin of virtually everyone concerned. All great japery-by-the-sea and we even get a bit of swordplay.