Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786301986069
Format: Black & White
ISBN: 6301986067
Label: MGM (Warner)
Languages: Array
Manufacturer: MGM (Warner)
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: MGM (Warner)
Release Date: 1998-09-01
Running Time: 93
Studio: MGM (Warner)
Theatrical Release Date: 1964-09-22

Customer Rating:
Summary: Margaret Rutherford is absolutely hillarious
Comment: I own the whole series, and think they are all wonderfully funny. Margaret Rutherford is a British national treasure. Her humor is so tongue-and-cheek, and she plays it off superbly. I love it that they include her real life husband (Mr. Stringer)in all the movies. They make a wonderful golden years couple.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Love That Rutherford
Comment: I only have one thing to say. When are they going to produce Margaret Rutherford's (1892-1972) classic movies on DVD for Region 1 (USA)? Murder She Said 1961, Murder At the Gallop 1963, Murder Ahoy 1964, and Murder Most Foul 1964 (Agatha Christie stories) are all great movies. I love the face and acting of Dame Rutherford. ***ON DVD FOR REGION 1***

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Customer Rating:
Summary: The only true Miss Marple
Comment: I fell in love with the Margaret Rutherford series of Miss Marple movies one summer home from school. She was my hero and mentor and I proceeded to haunt my neighborhood in search of clues or dastardly deeds!
She was so English and proper, but so very funny. These movies should be on DVD, they are much more worthy than silly re-releases of popular overviewed titles.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: It's great!
Comment: When elderly spinster Jane Marple (played by Margaret Rutherford) attends a meeting of trustees for a training ship for juvenile delinquents, and one of her fellow trustees drops dead under mysterious circumstances, she realizes that it is time for her to investigate. Boarding the ship, HMS Battledore, she soon finds out that things are positively fishy! Somebody about the Battledore is hiding something, and they are prepared to use murder to keep their secret. [Black and White, released in 1964, with a running time of 1 hour, 33 minutes.]

I must admit that my wife and I chanced across this Miss Marple movie after having become great fans of Joan Hickson's interpretation of the role, and were not too happy with it. Later, however, having accepted that this is not Joan Hickson's Miss Marple, but accepting it for its self, we came to love this movie. Margaret Rutherford brings a real presence to the role, adding a touch of humor, and making the story (not actually written by Agatha Christie, but a good mystery nonetheless) quite entertaining.

So, if you like a good mystery, or if you like old movies, then I highly recommend this movie to you. It's great!

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Light Weight Fun
Comment: Based on characters created by novelist Christie but working from a completely original script, this entry in Margaret Rutherford's "Jane Marple" series finds the elderly detective aboard a ship operating as a school for troubled boys, where she uncovers--not unexpectedly--murder.

As in the other films of this series, Rutherford and the cast play the piece with a very light touch; here, however, the supporting cast is particularly noteworthy, with Lionel Jeffries a particular delight. Fans of the series will enjoy it, as will others looking for fluffy entertainment with a British sensibility.

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