More of a 'Who's innit' than a worthy 'Whodunnit'

Lesley-Anne Down, Bill Bixby, and Helen Hayes in Murder Is Easy (1982)

Helen Hayes in A Caribbean Mystery (1983)

Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors (1991)

Joan Hickson in Masterpiece Mystery (1980)

Agatha Christie's Miss Marple: 4:50 from Paddington

Joan Hickson in Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery (1989)

Joan Hickson in Miss Marple: The Body in the Library (1984)

Peter Ustinov in Murder in Three Acts (1986)

Geraldine Alexander and Joan Hickson in Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder (1987)

Miss Marple: The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side

Joan Hickson in Miss Marple: The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side (1992)

Bette Davis and Helen Hayes in Murder with Mirrors (1985)

Bette Davis, Helen Hayes, and John Mills in Murder with Mirrors (1985)

Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland, Tony Curtis, Peter Ustinov, and Helen Hayes in Murder Is Easy (1982)

Helen Hayes in Murder with Mirrors (1985)

Helen Hayes, Liane Langland, and John Laughlin in Murder with Mirrors (1985)

Tim Roth and Helen Hayes in Murder with Mirrors (1985)

Bette Davis and John Mills in Murder with Mirrors (1985)

Helen Hayes

Bette Davis

John Mills

Agatha Christie

George Eckstein

When Carrie Louise Serrocold suspects that someone is trying to poison her, she sends for the one person who might be able to help, her old friend Miss Jane Marple.

Dick Lowry

Murder with Mirrors

Entertaining if rather obvious whodunit

Based on Agatha Christie&apos;s They Do It With Mirrors, this TV film is entertaining if rather too obvious at times. I will admit though, the book isn&apos;t Christie&apos;s best, but it is an interesting read. Here, the mystery is updated, and does deviate from the book. I will admit, although the Joan Hickson version wasn&apos;t that faithful to the book, I admit I do prefer it. Back to Murder With Mirrors, the adaptation does have some nice camera-work, some lovely locations, and the costumes while nothing fancy were pleasing to the eye. Helen Hayes, in her swansong, gives a very enjoyable performance as Miss Marple, and is quite cute too. Out of the supporting actors, Leo McKern comes out on top, with a gleefully gruff portrayal of Inspector Curry. Nice turns also from Dorothy Tuton and Tim Roth. However, Bette Davis and John Mills, two fine actors, and two of the three main reasons why I wanted to see this, the other bring I love Agatha Christie, have very little to do in their roles. But my main problem with the film, other than the rather contrived final solution, was the screenplay. I thought every character was badly underwritten, and most of the plot changes are badly underdeveloped. Also, Miss Marple&apos;s speech before she is almost killed in the theatre, was very poorly written, but maybe that&apos;s just me. All in all, entertaining but could have been better. 6/10 Bethany Cox

Based on Agatha Christie's They Do It With Mirrors, this TV film is entertaining if rather too obvious at times. I will admit though, the book isn't Christie's best, but it is an interesting read. Here, the mystery is updated, and does deviate from the book. I will admit, although the Joan Hickson version wasn't that faithful to the book, I admit I do prefer it. Back to Murder With Mirrors, the adaptation does have some nice camera-work, some lovely locations, and the costumes while nothing fancy were pleasing to the eye. Helen Hayes, in her swansong, gives a very enjoyable performance as Miss Marple, and is quite cute too. Out of the supporting actors, Leo McKern comes out on top, with a gleefully gruff portrayal of Inspector Curry. Nice turns also from Dorothy Tuton and Tim Roth. However, Bette Davis and John Mills, two fine actors, and two of the three main reasons why I wanted to see this, the other bring I love Agatha Christie, have very little to do in their roles. But my main problem with the film, other than the rather contrived final solution, was the screenplay. I thought every character was badly underwritten, and most of the plot changes are badly underdeveloped. Also, Miss Marple's speech before she is almost killed in the theatre, was very poorly written, but maybe that's just me. All in all, entertaining but could have been better. 6/10 Bethany Cox

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