Although the evidence appears to be overwhelming in the strangulation murder of a blackmailer, Miss Marple's sole 'not guilty' vote han gs the jury 11-1. She becomes convinced that the real murderer is a member of a local theatrical troupe, so she joins them in order to gather information. The clues lead back many years to a single disastrously unsuccessful 1951 performance of a dreadful play written by the group's hammy director, H. Driffold Cosgood. Although at that time, several of the current cast members were only children, more murders follow before Miss Marple ultimately exposes the killer.
英国影片。片长90分,根據Mrs. McGinty's Dead改(🚁)編(biān ),原(yuán )著是(shì )波羅故(gù )事。因影片(piàn )将主角变为马普尔(ěr )小姐和剧(➕)情的(de )更改引起原小說作者克(kè )里(✡)斯蒂(❄)强烈(✝)不(bú )满,影(yǐng )(🍝)片本(🈷)身也遭遇(🚊)票房和评论(📥)惨(🈁)败。主演(📼)Margaret Rutherford还出演(yǎn )過另外3部以马普尔小姐为(wéi )主角的电影,其中1部亦(🥪)是根(🤱)据(jù )波洛故事改编(「葬礼之(👰)后」),另1部是原创剧(jù )本(👷)。80年(nián )代在(👥)多(duō )部电(♟)视剧中扮演(🛵)塔(📛)彭(😾)丝(sī )的Francesca Annis也在本(🔓)片中扮演一个(gè )小(🎶)角(jiǎo )色。