Directed by:
Guy HamiltonCinematography:
Christopher ChallisComposer:
John CameronCast:
Angela Lansbury, Geraldine Chaplin, Tony Curtis, Carolyn Pickles, Edward Fox, Rock Hudson, Kim Novak, Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Pearson, Anthony Steel (more)Plots(1)
Classic British thriller adapted from the novel by Agatha Christie. Excitement runs high when the feuding film stars Marina Rudd (Elizabeth Taylor) and Lola Brewster (Kim Novak) arrive in the sleepy English village of St. Mary Mead, ready to begin work on a movie about Elizabeth I and Lady Jane Grey. But the experience quickly turns sour when an innocent bystander drops dead at a party after drinking a poisoned cocktail. Everyone assumes the drink was intended for Marina, but local resident Miss Marple (Angela Lansbury) has her doubts and begins to investigate. (Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment)
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The Mirror Crack’d will appeal to the viewer mainly thanks to the plethora of stars who give the film adaptation of the novel by the "Queen of Crime" a whole new dimension. Angela Lansbury certainly caught inspiration here for how to be the supremely nosy amateur investigator who would later "write murders". If you watch carefully, you will no trouble discovering the identity of the perpetrator, though the motive itself was (at least to me) quite shocking. I was surprised – and in a nice way – that the script included a number of sarcastic lines that one would not expect much in a film like this. The only thing that bothered me while watching it was the inappropriately chosen musical score. P.S. "Lola, dear, you know, there are really only two things I dislike about you. - Really? What are they? - Your face!"
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