Murder at the Gallop

"It's a Penny to a Pony... Murder Will Out!"

1963 1h 21m EN

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★7.1TMDB · 191🍅100%Rotten Tomatoes★7.2IMDB · 7,258

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Synopsis

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Miss Marple and Mr. Stringer are witnesses to the death by heart attack of elderly, rich Mr. Enderby. Yet they have their doubts about what happened. The police don't believe them, thus leading Miss Marple to yet again investigate by herself.

“It's a Penny to a Pony... Murder Will Out!”

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Cast

Margaret Rutherford
Miss Jane Marple
Stringer Davis
Jim Stringer
Robert Morley
Hector Enderby
Flora Robson
Miss Milchrest
Charles Tingwell
Inspector Craddock
Gordon Harris
Sergeant Bacon
Robert Urquhart
George Crossfield
Katya Douglas
Rosamund Shane

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: George Pollock
Writers: James P. Cavanagh
Languages: English
Countries: United Kingdom

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RUNTIME

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81 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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ERA

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63 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Miss Marple Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by George Pollock, shot by Arthur Ibbetson. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Ron Goodwin. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Bert Rule shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Margaret Rutherford and Stringer Davis and Robert Morley carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "It's a Penny to a Pony... Murder Will Out!".

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The take

George Pollock directs. Arthur Ibbetson behind the camera. Ron Goodwin scores. Bert Rule cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United Kingdom. Dialogue in English.

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181 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
263 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Part of the "Miss Marple Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by George Pollock, shot by Arthur Ibbetson. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Ron Goodwin. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Bert Rule shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Margaret Rutherford and Stringer Davis and Robert Morley carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "It's a Penny to a Pony... Murder Will Out!".
9IMDB entry: tt0057334 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Classified under 10 themes, including "based on novel or book", "heart attack", "horseback riding", "amateur detective".

The technical file

Cinematography: Arthur Ibbetson
Original score: Ron Goodwin
Editing: Bert Rule
Makeup / hair: Eddie Knight
Runtime: 81 min · 1h 21m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): NR
IMDB: Murder at the Gallop (1963)
Rotten Tomatoes: 100% 🍅 Fresh
IMDB rating: 7.2/10 · 7,258 votes
MPAA: Approved

Awards

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Part of

Miss Marple Collection

Miss Marple is a fictional character in numerous crime novels and short stories by Agatha Christie. Jane Marple lives in the village of St. Mary Mead and acts as an amateur consulting detective. Often characterized as an elderly spinster, she is one of Christie's best-known characters. And yet she had to wait thirty-one years after her first appearance in print in 1930 to appear on the big-screen for the first time. Murder, She Said (1961) was the first in a sequence of films directed by George Pollock and starring Margaret Rutherford as Jane Marple. This was followed by Murder at the Gallop in 1963, Murder Most Foul in 1964, and Murder Ahoy also in 1964.

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CinemaSerf2024-06-01
★ 8/10
Ron Goodwin's equestrian variation of his opening theme at the top of this film gives you a clear indication of the treat you're about to receive. Margaret Rutherford is magnificent as the scatty, eccentric old lady with a penchant for lateral thinking and good old fashioned sleuthing. This is my favourite of the four films she made with husband Stringer Davis and Charles Tingwell as the never quite up to speed "Inspector Craddock". This one centres around the murder (or was it!?) of a wealthy old recluse and the gathering of the avaricious relatives after his death. Needless to say, murder ensues as "Miss Marple" tries to track down the culprit. Dame Flora Robson and Robert Morley are great in support and this short, but sweet, detective yarn is just a joy to watch.

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