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Murder, She Said

While passing by on a different train, Miss Marple witnesses the strangulation of a young woman in the opposite carriage. The local police dismiss her story as the ramblings of a senile and bored old woman, so, undaunted, she conducts her own investigation, and comes to the conclusion that the body must be buried on the grounds of Ackenthorpe Hall, which adjoins the railway line. Wheedling her way into a job as housemaid there, Marple copes with the pompous machinations of her difficult employer, Luther Ackenthorpe (James Robertson Justice), so she can search for the mysterious corpse, and eventually finds it while supposedly practicing her golf shots. As she begins collecting suspects, accompanied by her long suffering companion Jim Stringer (Stringer Davis), Marple finds herself faced with an increasingly devious and resourceful killer, who begins casting his shadow over Ackenthorpe's heirs...

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  • Originally Aired February 2, 1962
  • Runtime 85 minutes
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Name Type Role
Agatha Christie Writer
George Pollock Director
Ronald Howard Actor Eastley
Michael Golden Actor Hillman
James Robertson Justice Actor Ackenthorpe
Joan Hickson Actor Mrs. Kidder
Barbara Leake Actor Mrs. Helen Stainton
Thorley Walters Actor Cedric
Stringer Davis Actor Mr. Stringer
Margaret Rutherford Actor Miss Jane Marple
Charles 'Bud' Tingwell Actor Inspector Craddock
Ronnie Raymond Actor Alexander
Arthur Kennedy Actor Dr. Quimper
Conrad Phillips Actor Harold
Gerald Cross Actor Albert
Muriel Pavlow Actor Emma Ackenthorpe