Murder Most Foul

"New misdeeds are afoot afoot the footlights!"

1964 1h 30m EN

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★7.1TMDB · 176

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Synopsis

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A murderer is brought to court and only Miss Marple is unconvinced of his guilt. Once again she begins her own investigation.

“New misdeeds are afoot afoot the footlights!”

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Cast

Margaret Rutherford
Miss Jane Marple
Ron Moody
H. Driffold Cosgood
Charles Tingwell
Inspector Craddock
Andrew Cruickshank
Justice Crosby
Megs Jenkins
Gladys Thomas
Ralph Michael
Ralph Summers
James Bolam
Bill Hanson
Stringer Davis
Jim Stringer

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: George Pollock
Writers: David Pursall, Jack Seddon
Languages: English
Countries: United Kingdom

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RUNTIME

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

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ERA

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62 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 Desmond Dickinson. 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 Ernest Walter 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 Ron Moody and Charles Tingwell carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "New misdeeds are afoot afoot the footlights!".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

George Pollock directs. Desmond Dickinson behind the camera. Ron Goodwin scores. Ernest Walter cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United Kingdom. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

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190 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
262 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 Desmond Dickinson. 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 Ernest Walter shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Margaret Rutherford and Ron Moody and Charles Tingwell carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "New misdeeds are afoot afoot the footlights!".
9IMDB entry: tt0058383 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Classified under 9 themes, including "based on novel or book", "court case", "jurors", "amateur detective".

The technical file

Cinematography: Desmond Dickinson
Original score: Ron Goodwin
Editing: Ernest Walter
Runtime: 90 min · 1h 30m
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): NR
IMDB: Murder Most Foul (1964)

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
Margaret Rutherford and a superbly theatrical Ron Moody star in this murder-mystery caper about a murder of "Mrs. McGinty". "Miss Marple" is seconded onto the jury but is unconvinced by the police evidence against their alleged perpetrator - the lodger - and off she sets on her own trail of detection that involves her taking up a role with a local drama troupe headed by Moody. This features a solid ensemble cast delivering a mystery about wax, hot irons, crispy one pound notes and some bobbing about in a humorous and delightful manner. Nothing too onerous, and it takes a fun swipe at the ways of 1960s British "Rep" theatre culture too.

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