A poisoning at a Board of Trustees meeting puts Miss Marple on the trail of a gang of criminals operating out of a 'rehabilitation' ship and as the inquisitive sleuth snoops around, the bodies pile up. This light-weight mystery is Margaret Rutherford's last outing as Agatha Christie's amateur detective. I am not overly familiar with Christie's character but I gather that Rutherford's interpretation was not to the famed author's liking. The story is played more for laughs than thought (most notably Lionel Jeffries silly ship's captain character) and while entertaining enough to pass 90 minutes, is neither memorable nor re-watchable. As was the case with 'Murder Most Foul' (Rutherford's previous outing as Marple), I disliked most of Ron Goodwin's score (especially the harpsicord). Rutherford is a one-of-a-kind character actress and, while 'Murder Ahoy' is not as good as its predecessor, it is good enough to prompt me to watch the first two in the series when they show up on TCM.
Review of Murder Ahoy
