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Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder

Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder

1987TV Movie⏱️ 1h 42m
CrimeDramaMystery
7.6
IMDB Rating
2,442 votes

When a young bride moves into a country manor, long-repressed childhood memories of witnessing a murder come to the surface.

Director
John Davies
Writers
Ken Taylor, Agatha Christie
Stars
Joan Hickson, Geraldine Alexander, John Moulder-Brown
Release Date
May 18, 1987
Language
English
Country
United Kingdom, Australia, United States
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🎭 Top Cast

Joan Hickson
Joan Hickson
as Miss Marple
Geraldine Alexander
Geraldine Alexander
as Gwenda Reed
John Moulder-Brown
John Moulder-Brown
as Giles Reed
Frederick Treves
Frederick Treves
as Doctor James Kennedy
Jean Anderson
Jean Anderson
as Mrs. Fane
Terrence Hardiman
Terrence Hardiman
as Walter Fane
John Bennett
John Bennett
as Richard Erskine
Geraldine Newman
Geraldine Newman
as Janet Erskine
Jack Watson
Jack Watson
as Mr. Foster
Joan Scott
Joan Scott
as Mrs. Cocker

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Sound
Stereo
Color
Color
Filming Location
Otterton, Budleigh Salterton, Devon, England, UK
Production
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), A+E Networks, 7 Network

🏷️ Keywords

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🎯 Categories

CrimeDramaMystery

⭐ Featured Review

A spooky and well-directed adaptation of a great book
by znatokdetectiva2020-09-22
9/10

"I love the film adaptations of Agatha Christie's books starring Joan Hickson. You can't help but love them for their purely English decorum and a certain primness, for their slowness and attention to detail. "Sleeping murder" is somewhat different from such classic films as" The Moving Finger" or "The Murder on Vicarage" because it is one of lady Agatha's most terrifying stories. But at the same time, the film retains its slowness and true English atmosphere. I must admit that I was somewhat lacking in the disclosure of the characters of Gwenda and ..."

💡 Did You Know?

Agatha Christie originally entitled the manuscript for this novel "Murder in Retrospect." However, in 1942 Dodd, Mead Co. published Christie's novel "Five Little Pigs" in the U.S. with the title "Murder in Retrospect" (it retained its original title in the U.K. publication). She then renamed the story "Cover Her Face" but had to change it yet again, when P.D. James published her début novel in 1962 with that title. The novel itself was written around 1940 as her last novel featuring Miss Marple (around the same time that she was writing "Curtain" which was the last Hercule Poirot); it was published in 1976 after her death.

📖 Synopsis

When a young bride moves into a country manor, long-repressed childhood memories of witnessing a murder come to the surface.