![]() ![]() The mystery is well spun out and well solved with a nice air of humour along the way. The story itself is well structured and has plenty going on it avoids the trap of being dull by way of trying to "English" and is quite fun. ![]() In doing this it show Miss Marple's quiet use of the grapevine in nice contrast to the police resources of Slack. Stepping away from the uptight and repressed standards of the period this film instead builds on the gossipy, small-world nature of life in a small English village. Although I have seen several BBC Miss Marple films where boredom could have been the cause of the murder, I still tried again several times and I was happy when this film turned out to be one of the more enjoyable and free-flowing in the series. As they conduct their investigation, Miss Marple continues her gardening and listens to the village grapevine to build a picture in her mind of what could have happened. ![]() When the police manage to prove that the confessors couldn't possibly have done it, it leaves them with the question of who actually has killed him. ![]() In fact Protheroe is so unpopular that, when he is found murdered in the vicarage, several people confess to the crime to protect others who they assume must have done it. Life in the vicarage is not as gentile and peaceful as it would seem as even mild-mannered Reverend Clement is driven to swearing by the stiff-necked attitude of Colonel Protheroe over the church accounts. ![]()
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