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Director:
Moira Armstrong
Writer:
Stewart Harcourt (screenplay)
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Release Date:
19 August 2007 (USA) more
Genre:
Crime | Drama | Mystery more
Plot:
Miss Marple is invited to the wedding of a friend, but the gaieties are interrupted when a stranger... more | add synopsis
User Comments:
A slightly better ITV 'Marple' more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Geraldine McEwan ... Miss Marple

Juliet Stevenson ... Gwenda
Denis Lawson ... Leo Argyle
Alison Steadman ... Kirsten Lindstrom

Richard Armitage ... Philip Durrant
Stephanie Leonidas ... Hester Argyle

Lisa Stansfield ... Mary Durrant
Burn Gorman ... Jacko Argyle

Jane Seymour ... Rachel Argyle

Tom Riley ... Bobby Argyle
Reece Shearsmith ... Inspector Huish
Julian Rhind-Tutt ... Dr Arthur Calgary (as Julian Rhind Tutt)
Bryan Dick ... Micky Argyle
Gugu Mbatha-Raw ... Tina Argyle (as Gugu Mbatha Raw)
Andrea Lowe ... Maureen
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Agatha Christie - Marple: Ordeal by Innocence (Australia) (DVD title)
Miss Marple: Ordeal by Innocence (USA) (new title)
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Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Certification:
Australia:PG

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3 out of 9 people found the following comment useful:-
A slightly better ITV 'Marple', 20 October 2007
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Author: pawebster from England

By the amazingly low standards of the ITV 'Marple' series, this one is not bad. On the message board, the contributor 'Last picture show' points out, quite correctly, that the plot does not in fact make sense. However, I failed to notice this when watching and found the ending satisfying at the time.

Despite disfiguring the original book for insufficient reasons, this version did hold my interest. One factor was Juliet Stevenson and Denis Lawson's performances. The tragedy of Gwenda's life comes over very well. Another plus point is Julian Rhind-Tutt as Dr Calgary. He makes the part amusing without descending to silliness. In fact, everyone in the production seems to take it fairly seriously. This is a relief after the facetiousness of other episodes in this series.

As ever, there are anachronisms. We appear, as usual, to be in the early 1950s and the series designer takes great pains over this. However, it is all thrown away when the script includes phrases such as 'leg-over merchant', 'move on' (in the sense of getting over a tragedy) and - most glaringly of all - 'scam' (this last one from the mouth of Miss Marple). 'Scam' is first recorded in America in the 1960s. I doubt that it reached England before the 70s, and even then, elderly ladies like Miss Marple would hardly be likely to use it. (On the other hand, we also never thought that Miss Marple was a safe-breaker until this film!) There are more anachronisms with some of the hair and costumes.

Despite the defects, this one is worth watching.

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