Angela Lansbury

Geraldine Chaplin

Tony Curtis

Edward Fox

Rock Hudson

Kim Novak

Elizabeth Taylor

Wendy Morgan

Margaret Courtenay

Charles Gray

Maureen Bennett

Carolyn Pickles

Eric Dodson

Charles Lloyd Pack

Richard Pearson

Thick Wilson

Pat Nye

Peter Woodthorpe

Marella Oppenheim

Anthony Steel

Dinah Sheridan

Oriane Grieve

Kenneth Fortescue

Hildegard Neil

Allan Cuthbertson

George Silver

John Bennett

Nigel Stock

Jerry Baker

Stephen Boswell

Pierce Brosnan

Les Conrad

John Dalby

Bill Dean

Jack Dearlove

John Doye

Frank Ellis

Gerry Judge

Cyril Kent

John Ketteringham

Sam Kydd

Charles Lamb

Richard Leech

Derek Lyons

Angus MacKay

Ann Nelson

Robert Raglan

Llewellyn Rees

Mike Reynell

Bunny Seaman

Rita Tobin-Weske

Reg Turner

Robert van Kaphengst

Del Watson

Albert Welch

Norman Wooland

Guy Hamilton

Agatha Christie

Jonathan Hales

Barry Sandler

Richard Goodwin

Richard Marden

Christopher Challis

Michael Stringer

John Roberts

Phyllis Dalton

John Brabourne

John Cameron

Peter Howitt

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The Mirror Crack'd

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Very much a poor relation of the other Brabourne/Goodwin crime ("Death on the Nile" (1978) etc.) thrillers, this just doesn't ever really ignite. Angela Lansbury takes on the mantle of super-sleuth "Miss Marple" who is helping her nephew "Insp. Craddock" (Edward Fox) investigate the mysterious poisoning of the rather star-struck "Miss Babcock" (Maureen Bennett). Starstruck? Well so would we be if the local manor house was being inhabited by Elizabeth Taylor ("Marina") and her husband "Jason" (Rock Hudson). They are re-making "The Virgin Queen" with Miss Taylor wearing the crown and Kim Novak picking up the Joan Collins part in the film, and who is married to producer "Fenn" (Tony Curtis) for the purpose of this drama. Whodunit? Well there's the thing. Whilst they all pretty universally disliked "Marina", why kill this random, gushing, fan? Of course, "Miss Marple" and her cunning brain soon starts to pull together a really weak and threadbare storyline that all centres around a painting. There is plenty of star quality on offer here, but it doesn't gel and as the story progresses it is almost as if the talent were never on set for long at the same time - it's terribly disjointed. The ending is poor - no other word for it. Indeed, that's all that can be said for this really lacklustre project for which money was clearly no object, but a script and compelling screenplay certainly were.

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