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Murder Most Foul (1964)
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September 1964 (USA) moreTagline:
New misdeeds are afoot afoot the footlights!Plot:
When Miss Marple joins a theatrical company after a blackmailer is murdered, several members of the troupe are also dispatched by this mysterious killer. full summary | full synopsisUser Comments:
George Pollock deserves kudos for mixing crime with comedy moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Margaret Rutherford | ... | Miss Jane Marple | |
| Ron Moody | ... | H. Driffold Cosgood | |
| Charles 'Bud' Tingwell | ... | Inspector Craddock | |
| Andrew Cruickshank | ... | Justice Crosby | |
| Megs Jenkins | ... | Gladys Thomas | |
| Dennis Price | ... | Theatrical Agent Harris Tumbrill | |
| Ralph Michael | ... | Ralph Summers | |
| James Bolam | ... | Bill Hanson | |
| Stringer Davis | ... | Jim Stringer | |
| Francesca Annis | ... | Sheila Upward | |
| Alison Seebohm | ... | Eva McGonigall | |
| Terry Scott | ... | Police Constable Wells | |
| Pauline Jameson | ... | Maureen Summers | |
| Maurice Good | ... | George Rowton | |
| Annette Kerr | ... | Dorothy |
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90 minCountry:
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1.66 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)Fun Stuff
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Like Murder at the Gallop (1963), this movie was adapted from a Poirot novel, not a Miss Marple novel. moreGoofs:
Miscellaneous: The courtroom's main doors are decorated with the coat-of-arms of the king of Norway. moreSoundtrack:
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George Pollock's name never gets mentioned among major directors. Yet four of his Miss Marple films as best remembered for Ron Goodwin's music and the wonderful Dame Margaret Rutherford and real life husband Stringer Davis.
The four films of Pollock combined mystery with comedy in a way that it entertains even after 40 years after the films were made. The elements that hold up these four films were great casting, good screenplay, crisp editing, and charming music and sound effects. Pollock is not a David Lean or a philosopher-director. He is merely making cinema that is gripping and entertaining and how well he accomplishes this.
This film is the second only to "Murder Ahoy" among the four. And since "Murder Ahoy" followed "Murder Most Foul", it would be only too clear that Pollock was gaining in confidence and elegance with each film. In each of his "Murder" films Pollock cast a major British actor. In this one it is the talented Ron Moody (Fagin of "Oliver!"). In each of the four films the chosen British actor provides a counterpoint and balance to Dame Rutherford's major role. One tends to remember Miss Marple and not the other meaty roles (Lionel Jeffries, Robert Morley, James Robertson Justice)in each of the "Murder" films. All the four were memorable but Moody and Jeffries were truly remarkable. I found this a major work of Moody though not as memorable as his interpretation of Fagin and Uriah Heep in other films.
The juxtaposition of crime and comedy looks natural thanks to Pollock and imaginative casting. Pollock is probably a quiet achiever deserving more attention by critics and historians of British cinema.