I thoroughly enjoy watching Joan Hickson as Miss Marple and this story with her as the star sleuth is a great example. Her quiet, unassuming character is very refreshing as she listens attentively and comments on all that's going on. Always asking questions and making shrewd observations, she eventually honed in on the guilty party.
What I like about her is how comforting her presence is to her friends as well as the viewers. The one exception is the local police who like to run the show and solve the crime. Miss Marple is usually two steps ahead of them with her sharp analytical mind and her keen sense of human behaviour. Those who know her will suggest that the authorities have a chat with this small village mastermind whose reputation is known far and wide.
The mystery here did succeed in puzzling me almost to the end. Ursula Howells is also brilliant as the host of the murder party being held at her home. The people of the village show up for the announced murder which seems to have all in attendance baffled.
The script is totally scintillating with the sharpest wit and best storyteller being none other than Joan Hickson as Miss Marple. Seldom has a Christie classic been so faithfully adapted to television. Agatha Christie novels and their dramatizations live on with viewing audiences and this story with Ms. Hickson starring is a prime example of her appeal.
What I like about her is how comforting her presence is to her friends as well as the viewers. The one exception is the local police who like to run the show and solve the crime. Miss Marple is usually two steps ahead of them with her sharp analytical mind and her keen sense of human behaviour. Those who know her will suggest that the authorities have a chat with this small village mastermind whose reputation is known far and wide.
The mystery here did succeed in puzzling me almost to the end. Ursula Howells is also brilliant as the host of the murder party being held at her home. The people of the village show up for the announced murder which seems to have all in attendance baffled.
The script is totally scintillating with the sharpest wit and best storyteller being none other than Joan Hickson as Miss Marple. Seldom has a Christie classic been so faithfully adapted to television. Agatha Christie novels and their dramatizations live on with viewing audiences and this story with Ms. Hickson starring is a prime example of her appeal.