Murder Ahoy

9/22/19641h 33m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ New mischief amidst the mizzen-masts! ~

Overview:

During an annual board of trustees meeting, one of the trustees dies. Miss Marple thinks he’s been poisoned after finding a chemical on him. She sets off to investigate at the ship where he had just come from. The fourth and final film from the Miss Marple series starring Margaret Rutherford as the quirky amateur detective.

Director:

George Pollock

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

ship
captain
poison
amateur detective
detective inspector
covered investigation
eavesdropping
snuff
curatorship
gang of thieves
danger of life
black and white
murder mystery

Cast

Margaret Rutherford

~ as ~

Miss Jane Marple

Lionel Jeffries

~ as ~

Captain Rhumstone

Stringer Davis

~ as ~

Jim Stringer

Charles Tingwell

~ as ~

Inspector Craddock

William Mervyn

~ as ~

Breeze-Connington

Henry Oscar

~ as ~

Lord Rudkin

Joan Benham

~ as ~

Alice Fanbraid

Nicholas Parsons

~ as ~

Dr. Crump

Miles Malleson

~ as ~

Bishop

Derek Nimmo

~ as ~

Sub-Lt. Eric Humbert

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Reviews (1)

CinemaSerf
Written 1 year(s) ago
7
In my view, this is the weaker of the four "Miss Marple" films made by George Pollock for MGM. Margaret Rutherford is flawless as the trustee of a charity charged with the rehabilitation of young offenders and Lionel Jeffries provides the laughs as the Captain of "HMS Battledore" - the sailing sloop that is used to convert these youngsters from their recalcitrant ways. As one of her fellow trustees suddenly - and literally - snuffs it, "Miss Marple" suspects foul play and with the help of a home chemistry set (and, "Mr. Stringer", of course) deduces that he was ingeniously poisoned! She sets off to the seaside visit the ship and get to the bottom of it all, to the chagrin of virtually everyone concerned. All great japery-by-the-sea and we even get a bit of swordplay.