Murder Most Foul

(1964)

★ 7.1 IMDb · 175 votes

Genres: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Year: 1964

Runtime: 90 мин

Country: United Kingdom

Director: Джордж Поллок

Cast: Маргарет Рутерфорд, Рон Муди, Charles Tingwell, Эндрю Крикшэнк, Megs Jenkins, Ralph Michael, James Bolam, Стрингер Дэвис, Франческа Аннис, Pauline Jameson

Plot

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

Although the evidence appears to be overwhelming in the strangulation murder of a blackmailer, Miss Jane Marple's (Dame Margaret Rutherford's) sole "not guilty" vote hangs the jury 11-1. She becomes convinced that the real murderer is a member of a local theatrical troupe, so she joins them in order to gather information. The clues lead back many years to a single disastrously unsuccessful 1951 performance of a dreadful play written by the group's hammy director, H. Driffold Cosgood (Ron Moody). Although at that time, several of the current cast members were only children, more murders follow before Miss Marple ultimately exposes the killer.