Miss Marple - 3 Feature Length Mysteries (The Body in the Library / A Murder Is Announced / A Pocketful of Rye)
The beloved dowager detective Miss Marple (Joan Hickson) unravels three of Agatha Christie's most popular brainteasers: A Murder Is Announced, A Pocketful of Rye and the series premiere, The Body in the Library.
In the hands of Agatha Christie, the murder mystery is like a sonata crossed with a magic trick--an intricate formal structure that depends on ingenious misdirection. On top of that, the movies made from her novels are an opportunity for great British character actors to languish in icy disdain, insinuating glances, arch humor, and trembling suggestions of guilt. This set gathers together three fine BBC productions, starting with The Body in the Library (in which a blond stranger's corpse turns up in a British squire's house), A Murder Is Announced) (in which a supposed parlor game has fatal consequences), and A Pocketful of Rye (in which a nursery rhyme becomes a recipe for a series of poisonings). All star Joan Hickson as Christie's much-loved elderly sleuth, Miss Marple. The way Hickson's eyes light up at the mention of mysterious death makes her seem like a delightfully dotty old ghoul; she hovers at the periphery of investigations, noticing the telling details that police inspectors overlook. The productions lay out plot threads and clues with surgical precision, while the actors play stock characters with exquisite relish. --Bret Fetzer
Miss Marple - 3 Feature Length Mysteries (The Body in the Library / A Murder Is Announced / A Pocketful of Rye) Accessories
 Marple Classic Mysteries (Caribbean Mystery/4:50 from Paddington/Moving Finger/Nemesis/At Bertram's Hotel/Murder at Vicarage/Sleeping Murder/They Do It with Mirrors/Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side)
Poirot - Classic Crimes Collection (The Mystery of the Blue Train / After the Funeral / Cards on the Table / Taken at the Flood)
Miss Marple - Set 1 (Sleeping Murder / A Caribbean Mystery / The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side / 4:50 from Paddington)
The Agatha Christie Miss Marple Movie Collection (Murder at the Gallop / Murder Ahoy / Murder Most Foul / Murder She Said)
Miss Marple, Set 2 (The Moving Finger / Nemesis / Murder at the Vicarage / At Bertram's Hotel / They Do It with Mirrors)
Poirot - The New Mysteries Collection (Death on the Nile / Sad Cypress / The Hollow / Five Little Pigs)
Agatha Christie's Poirot - The Classic Collection
Poirot - The Complete Collection (Lord Edgeware Dies / The Murder of Roger Ackroyd / Evil Under the Sun / Murder in Mesopotamia)
Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express
Agatha Christie's Marple Series 3
Miss Marple - 3 Feature Length Mysteries (The Body in the Library / A Murder Is Announced / A Pocketful of Rye) Reviews
For additional comments please see my review of Agatha Christie "MARPLE The Classic Mysteries Collection. Joan Hickson is my favorite as Miss Marple. I bought this collection of 3 feature length mysteries to complete my collection of Miss Marple Mysteries starring Joan Hickson.
My order was sent to the wrong person, but she graciously sent it directly to me. There was a small delay. The Agatha Christi, Miss Marple, Dvds I ordered were of excellent quality and fair price.
Included was information about Agatha Christy on the 3rd DVD. I am a great fan of the Agatha Christie Miss Marple mysteries that have been made into movies. I also enjoy the Poirot series with David Suchet as Poirot. This was a very good buy. 3 full length movies.
VERY SMART AND OFTEN. THUS,. I ENJOYED THIS DVD VERY MUCH. NOT WITHSTANDING. MISS MARPLE IS A LIFE TIME PEOPLE WATCHER. THESE ARE THREE OF CHRISTIE'S BEST STORIES. SHE IS IN FACT. TEA PARTIES.
CLUES TO PRESENT DAY PROBLEMS. MISTAKEN AS A MEDDLESOME SPINSTER. HER COMPARISONS TO PEOPLE OF THE PAST GIVE HER. QUITE ON THE MARK WITH HER PEOPLE WATCHING.
If you're a Christie fan this is a must have for your library collection. Got this for my mom and I enjoyed it just as much as she did. Joan Hickson is Miss Marple come off the pages to life itself.
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