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Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage (1986) [N/A]

Featuring:
Joan Hickson, Paul Eddington, Cheryl Campbell

Written by:
T.R. Bowen
Agatha Christie

Directed by:
Julian Amyes


Release Date:
December 25, 1986

Original Title:
Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage

Alternate Titles:
Gyilkosság a paplakban
La morte nel villaggio
Miss Marple The Murder at the Vicarage
Мисс Марпл-Убийство в доме викария
Мисс Марпл: Убийство в доме викария
Убийство в доме викария
牧師公館謀殺案

Genres:
Crime | Drama | Mystery | TV Movie

Production Companies:
A+E Studios
Agatha Christie Limited
BBC
Seven Network

Production Countries:
Australia | United Kingdom | United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 102

Overview from TheMovieDB

Faced with two false confessions and numerous suspects after a despised civil magistrate is found shot in the local vicarage, Detective Inspector Slack reluctantly accepts help from Miss Marple.

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Overview from Open Movies

When a despised magistrate is found shot to death in the library of the local vicarage, his wife and her lover, a portrait painter living on the church grounds, both confess to the crime. Miss Marple's keen powers of observation clear both of them of the crime, but other suspects abound. Included are the murdered man's daughter, who posed for the artist, a neurotic cleric who's embezzled church funds, the local doctor, an ex-convict who poached on the magistrate's land, and a missionary's enigmatic widow who argued with him the day before he was killed. An exasperated Inspector Slack must reluctantly accept help from the analytical Miss Marple.

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Rankings and Honors

Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage (1986) on IMDb
Internet Movie Database 7.4/10
Awards Won: Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award2 nominations total

Performers

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Production

Director:
Julian Amyes

Director of Photography:
John Walker

Editor:
Bernard Ashby

Executive Producer:
Guy Slater

Music:
Ken Howard

Novel:
Agatha Christie

Producer:
George Gallaccio

Writer:
T.R. Bowen

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