Rating
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Reviews and Comments
This is the Joan Hickson version of the Agatha Christie story. Of all the Miss Marples of the screen, Hickson was the closest to the original character. Most movie adaptations felt they had to spice Miss Marple up a bit by making her remarkable in some way. But the whole point, and the key to her effectiveness as a character, was that she wasn't remarkable, except perhaps for possessing an unusual understanding of human nature.
A Murder Is Announced is one of the best of the twelve Miss Marple films Hickson made between 1984 and 1992, though also the hardest to follow. If you stay on top of the complicated tangle of interrelationships, this should be highly rewarding to whodunnit fans.
Other Versions
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A Murder Is Announced (2005)
(aka: "Marple: A Murder Is Announced")
Series Entries
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The Body In the Library (1984)-
The Moving Finger (1985)
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A Murder Is Announced (1985)
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A Pocket Full of Rye (1985)
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The Murder At the Vicarage (1986)
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Sleeping Murder (1987)
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At Bertram's Hotel (1987)
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Nemesis (1987)
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4:50 From Paddington (1987)-
A Caribbean Mystery (1989)
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They Do It With Mirrors (1991)
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The Mirror Crack'd From Side To Side (1992)
Related Films
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Murder, She Said (1961)
(aka: "Meet Miss Marple")
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Murder At the Gallop (1963)
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Murder Most Foul (1964)
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Murder Ahoy (1964)![[2.5]](/movies/im/2.5.gif)
The Mirror Crack'd (1980)-
A Caribbean Mystery (1983)
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Murder With Mirrors (1985)
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The Murder At the Vicarage (2004)
(aka: "Marple: The Murder At the Vicarage")-
The Body In the Library (2004)
(aka: "Marple: The Body In the Library")
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4:50 From Paddington (2004)
(aka: "Marple: 4:50 From Paddington")
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The Moving Finger (2006)
(aka: "Marple: The Moving Finger")
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Sleeping Murder (2006)
(aka: "Marple: Sleeping Murder")
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By the Pricking of My Thumbs (2006)
(aka: "Marple: By the Pricking of My Thumbs")
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The Sittaford Mystery (2006)
(aka: "Marple: The Sittaford Mystery")
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At Bertram's Hotel (2007)
(aka: "Marple: At Bertram's Hotel")
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Ordeal By Innocence (2007)
(aka: "Marple: Ordeal By Innocence")
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Nemesis (2008)
(aka: "Marple: Nemesis")
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Towards Zero (2008)
(aka: "Marple: Towards Zero")
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Crime Is Our Business (2008)
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The Pale Horse (2010)
(aka: "Marple: The Pale Horse")
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The Secret of Chimneys (2010)
(aka: "Marple: The Secret of Chimneys")
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The Blue Geranium (2010)
(aka: "Marple: The Blue Geranium")
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The Mirror Crack'd From Side To Side (2010)
(aka: "Marple: The Mirror Crack'd From Side To Side")