Miss Marple (Academy Award winner Margaret Rutherford) witnesses a murder while aboard the night train from Paddington. Ten people are invited to a luxury mountaintop mansion, only to find that an unseen person is killing them one by one. As her male counterpart, in a way, comes Stringer Davis, her husband in real life, in the role of Mr Stringer. Murder, She Said (1961) is a murder mystery film directed by George Pollock, based on the novel 4.50 from Paddington by Agatha Christie. "Murder she said" was originally the "4:50 from the Paddington" but any title starting with "Murder" catches our eye. Murder She Said is an absolutely hilarious delight. Margaret Rutherford is the perfect Miss Marple, her dotty but determined performance is … 74. Alone, she is absolutely captivating when encountering the Ackenthorpes, a really peculiar dynasty with just little exceptions (Emma). When the Police refuse to believe her story, she decides to do some investigating of her own. Murder She Said (1962) "Who is the blonde in the box?" The magical effect is provided by Ron Goodwin's music score where a variety of tunes beautifully create a balance between tension and relief.MURDER SHE SAID and, finally, 'riddle she figures out' and 'murderer she finds' yet...before you decide to see this movie, which I highly recommend, prepare for great tensions and a number of misleading predictions. Reboot of Classic Christie Mega-Bestseller to Be Directed by Oscar-Nominated Filmmaker. It is murder at its most fun. Hercule Poirot investigates a series of murders in London in which the victims are killed according to their initials. Murder She Said Synopsis: Old miss Marple is on a train ride when she witnesses a murder in a passing train. Quimper feared that the compact, a gift to his wife, could be traced to him. Elderly sleuth Miss Marple is travelling by rail when she witnesses a murder on a passing train. But when she reports the crime and the police cannot find a body, they dismiss her story as the ramblings of a doddering eccentric. Though fans of the stories can see instantly see that Dame Margaret Rutherford does not fit Dame Agatha Christie's physical description of her, and Dame Agatha was not a fan with the casting decision - at first. The production starred Margaret Rutherford as Miss Marple along with Arthur Kennedy and Muriel Pavlow, and features Rutherford's real life … You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. A bit more whimsical than Christie's version of Miss Marple, this is one instance where I felt the deviations from the original story Murder She Said was based on (4:50 to Paddington) were not only overlookable, but actually to the betterment of this delightful film. Miss Jane Marple's (Dame Margaret Rutherford's) on-board a train when she sees what appears to to be, a murder - a woman being strangled - in a passing train. 10 of 10 people found this review helpful. When Miss Jane Marple joins a theatrical company after a blackmailer is murdered, several members of the troupe are also dispatched by this mysterious killer. Mystery novelist Agatha Christie's intrepid spinster sleuth, Miss Marple, reveals a skeleton full of closets as she tracks a killer in Murder, She Said. Search for "Murder She Said" on Amazon.com, Title: But, when the two women met, they became big admirers of each other (Christie even dedicated one of her books; "The Mirror Crack'd From Side to Side" - to her "friend, Margaret Rutherford". The soundtrack was composed by Ron Goodwin. (A fourth son, Edmund, was killed in the war.) 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