Murder, She Said

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Murder, She Said

1961,

1h 26m,

Comedy/

Crime/

Drama

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500+ Ratings

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500+ Ratings

When aging sleuth Miss Marple (Margaret Rutherford) witnesses a murder through the window of her passing train car, she alerts the authorities. Unfortunately, the police are hesitant to take the word of an old lady in lieu of an actual body. Taking matters into her own hands, Marple gets a job as a maid at Ackenthorpe Hall, where she believes the murder took place. There, she must match wits with blowhard Luther Ackenthorpe (James Robertson Justice) if she wants to solve the mystery.

Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

Sep 17, 2026

3/4

Considering that audiences have had to endure seven Police Academy movies and 12 Friday the 13th entries, it seems especially cruel that only four movies starring the inimitable Margaret Rutherford as Jane Marple were produced in the early ’60s.

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Penelope Gilliatt

Observer (UK)

Mar 6, 2024

Directed by George Pollock, who has included some beautiful severe photography of drab autumn country, Murder She Said is an adroit Agatha Christie thriller oddly like a thirties pastiche.

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Wesley Lovell

Cinema Sight

Oct 10, 2023

3/4

at least the opening salvo is worth the time of any murder mystery fan who likes the way Christie weaves stories, even when they are altered in many ways for the visual medium.

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

Jun 17, 2023

B

Rutherford is a treat.

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John J. Puccio

Movie Metropolis

Mar 8, 2006

7/10

Murder She Said does have a reasonably lively style, thanks partly to Pollock's direction but largely to Rutherford's persistence....

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Daniel Eagan

Film Journal International

Sep 13, 2005

3/5

Smart adaptation of an Agatha Christie novel

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Synopsis

When aging sleuth Miss Marple (Margaret Rutherford) witnesses a murder through the window of her passing train car, she alerts the authorities. Unfortunately, the police are hesitant to take the word of an old lady in lieu of an actual body. Taking matters into her own hands, Marple gets a job as a maid at Ackenthorpe Hall, where she believes the murder took place. There, she must match wits with blowhard Luther Ackenthorpe (James Robertson Justice) if she wants to solve the mystery.

Director: George Pollock
Producer: George H. Brown
Screenwriter: Agatha Christie, David D. Osborn, David Pursall, Jack Seddon
Production Co: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 18, 2016
Runtime: 1h 26m

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