Other Titles • The Mirror Crack'd • Mord im Spiegel (1981)
Synopses for The Mirror Crack'd (1980)
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Angela Lansbury does the honors as Agatha Christie's determined sleuth, Miss Marple, in this adaptation of Christie's novel. A washed-up movie star (Elizabeth Taylor) is attempting to make a comeback but is driven to distraction by a mysterious event from her past. Also problematic for Taylor's struggling actress is a series of murders occurring with clockwork regularity in the quiet, 1950s English village where a film is being produced--killings that are all somehow connected to her. Despite the British backdrop, most of the suspects, including Rock Hudson, Kim Novak, and Tony Curtis, are American in this 1980 feature directed by Guy Hamilton (Evil Under the Sun). (At least Miss Marple's nephew, the redoubtable Inspector Craddock, is played by Edward Fox.) The bad news: this is a curiously flat, monotonous film, with a mystery hook that, sad to say, is among Christie's more familiar and predictable. Hamilton doesn't demand much of his largely ornamental cast, and they don't volunteer much to fill the void. Still, fans of Miss Marple and Christie, especially those with a burning hunger to see every film or television program based on the books, will want to check it out. This DVD edition is presented in the film's original widescreen format, and it includes television spots that were part of the film's marketing at the time of its theatrical release. --Tom Keogh
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It's murder, movies and mayhem when two people are killed on a film set in England. Soon the grandmotherly amateur sleuth Miss Marple is called into action. With her nephew from Scotland Yard tagging along, Miss Marple assesses the suspects. The possibilities include Jason Rudd, the film's director; producer Marty Fenn; his actress/wife Lola Brewster; and Jason's wife Marina Rudd, who is Lola's antagonistic rival.
Adding even more intrigue to the proceedings is the fact that Marina is recovering from a nervous breakdown -- and the incident that caused it just may be connected to the murders...
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Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the murderer among them all?
Angela Lansbury is Miss Marple. Elizabeth Taylor, Kim Novak, Rock Hudson and Tony Curtis are the suspects. With Stars like that, this case is going to be murder!
Jane Marple (Angela Lansbury) is thrilled when glamorous Hollywood actresses arrive in her quaint English village to shoot a movie. But when the superstar cast begins feuding, the production takes a murderous turn. Can Miss Marple identify the killer before 'the beautiful people' turn ugly?
Edward Fox and Geraldine Chaplin co-star in this delightful adaptation of one of Agatha Christie's best-loved Miss Marple novels, directed by Guy Hamilton (Evil Under The Sun, Goldfinger) and filled with some of the most priceless performances and delectable dialogue of any Christie movie mystery!
(20 votes)
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