A Murder Is Announced (1987)
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Joan Hickson stars as Miss Jane Marple in this made-for-TV adaptation of one of Agatha Christie's classic murder mystery tales. An odd advertisement appears in the Chipping Cleghorne Gazette, which announces that a murder will take place on October 5 at 7 p.m. at a cottage in Little Paddocks. While the neighbors and assembled curiosity seekers who show up are expecting some sort of a stunt, it turns out the advertiser was good to their word, and three shots ring out, leaving a man dead. So who is the killer, and why did they commit such a bizarre crime? Could it be retiree Mrs. Blacklock (Ursula Howells), her cousins Julia (Samantha Bond) or Patrick (Simon Shepherd), her close friend Miss Bunner (Renee Asherson), or gardener Mrs. Haymes (Nicola King), all of whom happened to be living at the scene of the crime? ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Joan Hickson - Miss Marple
- John Castle - Craddock
- Mary Kerridge - Mrs. Swettenham
- Joan Sims - Murgatroyd
- Kevin Whately - Fletcher
- Renée Ashershon - Miss Bunny
- Ursula Howells - Miss Blacklock
- Ralph Michael - Colonel Easterbrook
- Sylvia Syms - Mrs. Easterbrook
- Paola Dionisotti - Miss Hinchcliffe
- Director(s):
- David Giles
- Writer(s):
- Alan Plater
- Producer(s):
- Guy Slater
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