(I know this story so well, and even I nearly missed it.) One of the few times Christie gives short measure, and none the worse for that. Not surprisingly, Jane Marple disagrees and is convinced it was murder. He collects antiques, and is described by his neighbours as effeminate. Joanna Burton: Sister of Jerry, 5 years younger, who accompanies her brother in Lymstock from their usual home in London. From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository, Film locations of Miss Marple in Bournemouth, Film locations of Miss Marple in Sidmouth, Devil’s Spittleful and Rifle Range, Worcestershire, Former Police Station, Leek, Staffordshire, Houghton Lodge and Gardens, Stockbridge, Hampshire, Interior of St James' church, Chipping Campden, St Peter and St Paul's church, Northleach, The Elmdon Building, Birmingham International Airport, The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side (1992 film), Parkstone, Bob Hann House - geograph.org.uk - 872991.jpg, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Category:Film_locations_of_Miss_Marple&oldid=252733529, Film locations in the United Kingdom by production, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. When the local solicitor's wife, Angela Symington, is found dead with a poison pen letter at her side, the coroner rules that she took her own life. The Burtons, brother and sister, arrive in a small village, soon receiving an anonymous letter accusing them of being lovers, not siblings. "[3], The writer and critic Robert Barnard wrote "Poison pen in Mayhem Parva, inevitably leading to murder. Nor does it help verisimilitude that a bawling young female gawk should become an elegant beauty in less than a day. Not surprisingly, Jane Marple disagrees and is convinced it was murder. Later in the night, after giving Megan a sleeping drug, he attempts to murder her by putting her head in the gas oven. When a young bride moves into a country manor, long repressed childhood memories of witnessing a murder come to the surface. Check out some of the IMDb editors' favorites movies and shows to round out your Watchlist. 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. An investigator arrives from Scotland Yard to investigate the murder. However, some reservations were expressed: "Having expended so much energy on her riddle, the author cannot altogether be blamed for neglecting the other side of her story. Agnes Woddell: House parlourmaid at Symmington home, who is the second murder victim. The Moving Finger was first adapted for television by the BBC with Joan Hickson in the series Miss Marple. Miss Marple: The Moving Finger (TV Mini-Series 1985) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The Moving Finger was first adapted for television by the BBC with Joan Hickson in the series Miss Marple. The book takes its name from verse 51 of Edward FitzGerald's translation of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám: The poem, in turn, refers to Belshazzar's feast as related in the Book of Daniel, where the expression the writing on the wall originated. Season 1 of Miss Marple: The Moving Finger premiered on February 21, 1985. Use the HTML below. This novel features the elderly detective Miss Marple in a relatively minor role, "a little old lady sleuth who doesn't seem to do much". At 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. The normally friendly village of Lymston is plagued by vile anonymous letters. Not surprisingly, Jane Marple disagrees and is convinced it was murder. It is not one of [Christie's] stories about her famous French [sic] detective, Hercule Poirot, having instead Miss Marple, a little old lady sleuth who doesn't seem to do much but who sets the stage for the final exposure of the murderer. Agnes fails to arrive for the planned meeting, nor is she found at Symmington's when Jerry calls in the evening to check on Agnes.