Joan Hickson stars as Miss Jane Marple in this made-for-TV adaptation of one of Agatha Christie's classic murder mystery tales. An odd advertisement appears in the Chipping Cleghorne Gazette, which announces that a murder will take place on October 5 at 7 p.m. at a cottage in Little Paddocks. While the neighbors and assembled curiosity seekers who show up are expecting some sort of a stunt, it turns out the advertiser was good to their word, and three shots ring out, leaving a man dead. So who is the killer, and why did they commit such a bizarre crime? Could it be retiree Mrs. Blacklock (Ursula Howells), her cousins Julia (Samantha Bond) or Patrick (Simon Shepherd), her close friend Miss Bunner (Renee Asherson), or gardener Mrs. Haymes (Nicola King), all of whom happened to be living at the scene of the crime? ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
Renée Ashershon - Miss Bunny; John Castle - Craddock; Ursula Howells - Miss Blacklock; Mary Kerridge - Mrs. Swettenham; Ralph Michael - Colonel Easterbrook; Joan Sims - Murgatroyd; Sylvia Syms - Mrs. Easterbrook; Kevin Whately - Fletcher; Paola Dionisotti - Miss Hinchcliffe
Credit
David Giles - Director, Ken Howard - Composer (Music Score), Guy Slater - Producer, Alan Plater - Screenwriter, Agatha Christie - Book Author
