Murder Most Foul
1964 · Movie · NR · 90 min · ★ 7.1 · 67% critics
When a man is put on trial for a landlady’s death, one juror refuses to accept the easy verdict and starts digging for the truth. The search leads into a lively local theatre world, where rehearsals, rivalries, and suspicious clues suggest the real culprit is still close by.
Based on Mrs McGinty's Dead
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Details
- Years
- 1964
- Release date
- 1964-03-01
- Language
- English
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Critic score
- 67/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.1/10 (172 votes)
About
If you enjoy light, cosy whodunits with humor, eccentric suspects, and a theatre backdrop, this should hit the spot; Not for you if you want gritty realism or strict Christie fidelity like Murder on the Orient Express.
Pros: witty courtroom start; cosy mystery fun; theatrical ensemble antics | Cons: plot can feel convoluted; some slow middle; not book-faithful tone
Themes
- based on novel or book
- court case
- jurors
- amateur detective
- detective inspector
- covered investigation
- eavesdropping
- black and white
- murder mystery
Cast & crew
Margaret Rutherford
as Miss Jane Marple
Ron Moody
as H. Driffold Cosgood
Charles Tingwell
as Inspector Craddock
Andrew Cruickshank
as Justice Crosby
Megs Jenkins
as Gladys Thomas
Ralph Michael
as Ralph Summers
James Bolam
as Bill Hanson
Stringer Davis
as Jim Stringer
Francesca Annis
as Sheila Upward
Pauline Jameson
as Maureen Summers
Directed by George Pollock