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- StarsJoan HicksonFabia DrakeStacy DorningWhen a handful of grain is found in the pocket of a murdered businessman, Miss Marple seeks a murderer with a penchant for nursery rhymes.
- DirectorJohn DaviesStarsJoan HicksonGeraldine AlexanderJohn Moulder-BrownWhen a young bride moves into a country manor, long repressed childhood memories of witnessing a murder come to the surface.
- StarsJoan HicksonGwen WatfordMoray WatsonAmateur detective Miss Jane Marple investigates the murder of a young woman whose body is found in the library at Gossington Hall, home of Colonel and Mrs. Arthur Bantry.
- StarsJoan HicksonMichael CulverDeborah ApplebyThe normally friendly village of Lymston is plagued by vile anonymous letters. When a mother of three takes her own life, following such a letter, Ms. Marple is not at all convinced things are as they seem.
- StarsJoan HicksonUrsula HowellsSamantha BondAn unusual announcement in the newspaper leads the curious villagers to Miss Blacklock's home, where they become witnesses to a murder.
- DirectorMartyn FriendStarsJoan HicksonJuliette MoleDavid BeamesA friend of Miss Marple's sees a woman being strangled in a passing train. When police cannot find a body and doubt the story, Miss Marple enlists professional housekeeper, Lucy Eyelesbarrow, to go undercover.
- StarsJoan HicksonPeter TilburyHelen CherryMiss Marple receives a cryptic letter requesting her to right an unknown injustice, but receives no hint other than a ticket for guided tour of historic homes.
- DirectorChristopher PetitStarsJoan HicksonDonald PleasenceAdrian LukisWhile on vacation at a resort hotel in the West Indies, Miss Marple correctly suspects that the apparently natural death of a retired British major is actually the work of a murderer planning yet another killing.
- DirectorJulian AmyesStarsJoan HicksonPaul EddingtonCheryl CampbellFaced with two false confessions and numerous suspects after a despised civil magistrate is found shot in the local vicarage, Detective Inspector Slack reluctantly accepts help from Miss Marple.
- StarsJoan HicksonCaroline BlakistonHelena MichellDuring a stay at one of London's most elegant and venerable hotels Miss Marple uncovers a sinister undercurrent of corruption and murder beneath Bertram's stuffy veneer.
- DirectorNorman StoneStarsJoan HicksonJean SimmonsJoss AcklandWhen Miss Marple is invited to the manor house of an old friend, it is not long before a puzzling murder puts her mind to work.
- DirectorNorman StoneStarsJoan HicksonClaire BloomBarry NewmanAt a reception for a fading film star making a screen comeback, a gushing, pushy fan is poisoned by a drink apparently meant for the actress.
- DirectorGeorge PollockStarsMargaret RutherfordStringer DavisRobert MorleyWhen a wealthy old man appears to have been "frightened to death" by a cat, Miss Jane Marple suspects one of his four relatives, all heirs to his estate, of his murder.Based on "After the Funeral" but Miss Marple replaces Hercule Poirot
- DirectorGeorge PollockStarsMargaret RutherfordArthur KennedyMuriel PavlowWhen Miss Jane Marple reports witnessing a murder through the window of a passing train, the police dismiss her as a dotty spinster when no trace of the crime can be found.First Christie film adaptation to feature Miss Marple. Based on 4.50 from Paddington
- DirectorGeorge PollockStarsMargaret RutherfordRon MoodyCharles 'Bud' TingwellWhen Miss Jane Marple joins a theatrical company after a blackmailer is murdered, several members of the troupe are also dispatched by this mysterious killer.Based on "Mrs. Ginty's Dead". The film is loosely based on the book and as a major change Miss Marple replaces Hercule Poirot
- DirectorGeorge PollockStarsMargaret RutherfordLionel JeffriesCharles 'Bud' TingwellAfter Miss Jane Marple is made a trustee of a merchant marine training vessel, a fellow trustee is poisoned, and ship's officers are later murdered after she comes on board.An original film, not based on any book, although it borrows some elements of They Do It with Mirrors
- DirectorAndy WilsonStarsGeraldine McEwanIan RichardsonTara FitzgeraldDolly Bantry calls upon her old friend Miss Marple when the strangled corpse of an unknown blonde girl is found in the library of her home, Gossington Hall.
- DirectorCharlie PalmerStarsGeraldine McEwanJohn OwensJana CarpenterNo one seems surprised when Colonel Protheroe is found murdered in the local vicarage. Red herrings abound, especially when his widow and her lover both confess to the murder.
- DirectorAndy WilsonStarsGeraldine McEwanGriff Rhys JonesDavid WarnerMiss Marple investigates the wealthy Crackenthorpe clan, believing a body to be hidden on their estate after a visiting friend witnesses a brutal strangling murder occurring on a passing train.
- DirectorJohn StricklandStarsGeraldine McEwanChristian CoulsonCherie LunghiThe villagers of Chipping Cleghorn are summoned by a newspaper notice to the house of Letitia Blacklock, anticipating a murder game. But things become too real when someone is shot dead.
- DirectorEdward HallStarsGeraldine McEwanJulian WadhamEmilio DoorgasinghGwenda Halliday, a wealthy young Englishwoman recently emigrated from India, intuitively buys a seaside manor house, where she re-experiences a murder.
- DirectorTom ShanklandStarsGeraldine McEwanJames D'ArcyKen RussellTroubled war veteran Jerry Burton and his sister Joanna rent a cottage in a seemingly tranquil English village which is plagued by a spate of poison pen letters... and murder.
- DirectorPeter MedakStarsGeraldine McEwanChloe PenningtonOliver JordanMiss Marple joins forces with Tommy and Tuppence Beresford to find the murderer of Tommy's Aunt Ada.
- DirectorPaul UnwinStarsGeraldine McEwanTimothy DaltonRobert HicksonThe death of the presumptive future Prime Minister is predicted during a séance in a snowbound country hotel, and he is found stabbed to death in his room the next morning.
- DirectorDan ZeffStarsGeraldine McEwanIsabella ParrissJames HowardMiss Marple's stay at a glamorous London hotel is interrupted by a wave of criminal activity, including robberies, racketeering, blackmail, death threats, and cold-blooded murder.