Miss Marple - Watch Order: Release Order

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1961 - 19805 Films7h 36m3.9 Average

The Miss Marple film series brings Agatha Christie's amateur sleuth to the big screen across two distinct eras. The first four films star Margaret Rutherford as an eccentric, energetic version of Miss Marple, taking considerable liberties with Christie's source material and even inserting the character into stories originally written for Hercule Poirot.

The series concludes with Angela Lansbury's 1980 interpretation, which stands completely separate from the Rutherford films and attempts a more faithful adaptation of Christie's work. This watch order presents all theatrical Miss Marple films in release sequence, showcasing the evolution of the character's cinematic portrayals over nearly two decades.

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Murder, She Said

19611h 27m4.3
Director: George Pollock
Cast: Margaret Rutherford, Arthur Kennedy, Muriel Pavlow, James Robertson Justice, Thorley Walters

Miss Marple believes she's seen a murder in a passing-by train, yet when the police find no evidence she decides to investigate it on her own.

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Murder at the Gallop

19631h 21m4
Director: George Pollock
Cast: Margaret Rutherford, Stringer Davis, Robert Morley, Flora Robson, Charles Tingwell

Miss Marple and Mr. Stringer are witnesses to the death by heart attack of elderly, rich Mr. Enderby. Yet they have their doubts about what happened. The police don't believe them, thus leading Miss Marple to yet again investigate by herself.

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Murder Most Foul

19641h 30m4
Director: George Pollock
Cast: Margaret Rutherford, Ron Moody, Charles Tingwell, Andrew Cruickshank, Megs Jenkins

A murderer is brought to court and only Miss Marple is unconvinced of his innocence. Once again she begins her own investigation.

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Murder Ahoy!

19641h 33m4
Director: George Pollock
Cast: Margaret Rutherford, Lionel Jeffries, Stringer Davis, Charles Tingwell, William Mervyn

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.

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The Mirror Crack'd poster

The Mirror Crack'd

19801h 45m3.3
Director: Guy Hamilton
Cast: Angela Lansbury, Geraldine Chaplin, Tony Curtis, Edward Fox, Rock Hudson

Jane Marple solves the mystery when a local woman is poisoned and a visiting movie star seems to have been the intended victim.

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