Stone and Gladys Cram and the entire sideplot of theft of silver from Old Hall are deleted. The vicar does not take part in the investigations like in the novel. The entire investigation is conducted by Slack, with the addition of Sgt Lake (who was not in the novel). The adaptation was generally very close to the original novel with a number of changes.(may contain spoilers - click on expand to read) Fletcher (mentioned by Inspector Slack).Robert Lang as Colonel Lucius Protheroe.Paul Eddington as Reverend Leonard Clement.Miss Marple, an elderly spinster with a talent for snooping and solving little everyday puzzles, promptly joins the investigation. With impeccable timing, and making his unforgettable debut, the brilliant Belgian detective Hercule Poirot is on the case.When Colonel Protheroe, hated by all around, is found dead at the Vicarage, the villagers of St Mary Mead are left in an uproar.
Mary-from the heiress's fawning new husband to her two stepsons, her volatile housekeeper, and a pretty nurse who works in a hospital dispensary.
Who poisoned the wealthy Emily Inglethorp and how did the murderer penetrate and escape from her locked bedroom? Suspects abound in the quaint village of Styles St. Hercule Poirot solves his first case in the Agatha Christie novel that started it all, now in a fully restored edition that features a “missing chapter” along with commentary from Christie expert John Curran. Faced with a surfeit of suspects, only the inscrutable Miss Marple can unravel the tangled web of clues that will lead to the unmasking of the killer. And very soon he is-shot in the head in the vicar's own study. Everyone-even in the vicar-wishes he were dead. Mary Mead, where under the seemingly peaceful exterior of an English country village lurks intrigue, guilt, deception and death.Ĭolonel Protheroe, local magistrate and overbearing land-owner is the most detested man in the village. Miss Marple encounters a compelling murder mystery in the sleepy little village of St. The Murder at the Vicarage is Agatha Christie’s first mystery to feature the beloved investigator Miss Marple-as a dead body in a clergyman’s study proves to the indomitable sleuth that no place, holy or otherwise, is a sanctuary from homicide. TWO BESTSELLING MYSTERIES IN ONE GREAT PACKAGE!
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