Vier Frauen und ein Mord (1964)

Vier Frauen und ein Mord: Directed by George Pollock. With Margaret Rutherford, Ron Moody, Charles ‘Bud’ Tingwell, Andrew Cruickshank. When Miss Jane Marple joins a theatrical company after a blackmailer is murdered, several members of the troupe are also dispatched by this mysterious killer.

“Some lovely bits here, based again on an Agatha Christie novel, not featuring Jane Marple however, but a Hercule Poirot mystery adapted and extremely loosely plotted to enhance the idiosyncratic manner of actress Miss Margaret Rutherford.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eMargaret, trying out for a local theatre group in order to expose the real murderer, reciting a Robert Service poem to the disinterest of cast members, director and stagehands has to be seen to be believed. Her clicking knitting needles in the jury box, her one dissenting vote invalidating the whole judicial process, her self righteous oblivion to the glares of the judge, are comedic timing at its best. Her scenes with the company are wonderful and her slow, methodical denouement of the murderer exquisite.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eJust curl up with this one. Great old actors from the sixties. A brilliant series. 8 out of 10.”