The last of the cinematic Miss Marple mysteries from 1964 starring Margaret Rutherford. A distant relative of Miss Marple was a Navy man & on the eve of his naval society bestowing him w/an honor, the trustees get together where one of them is poisoned (his snuff box was laced w/strychnine). She decides to conduct an investigation on the boat where the trustees govern from enlisting the help of her right hand man, Mr. Stringer (played by Rutherford's real life husband Stringer Davis), who she has stationed at an inn w/a view of the boat & the disapproving knowledge from Chief Inspector Braddock, played again by Bud Tingwell. Of course no sooner does Rutherford stay overnight on the ship (something the entire senior staff nix) the bodies start to drop w/a final swordfight between Rutherford & the murderous culprit shown to amusing effect. Inspired by Agatha Christie's Marple works than based outright on one of her short stories, this final entry is a crowd pleaser w/Rutherford (again directed by series helmer, George Pollock) the right mixture of ornery optimism who can cajole just about anyone to do her bidding.
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