Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple is at again! Mystery, Suspense & Comedy with Margaret Rutherford.

Chris Nersinger
5 min readDec 6, 2023

Above- Murder Ahoy (1965)-the last of the ’60s films starring Margaret Rutherford. Miss Marple must solve a murder on the “high” seas.

What would you do if saw this lady coming towards you on the street. Well in some cases you just might want to get-out of the way. A spit fire and a nemesis of all that is of murderous intent and of that is of heinous activity with a criminal nature.

Miss Marple lives in the quaint village of St Mary Mead, an elderly “spinster”. She does a lot of charity work to keep her busy. But always one to keep her eyes, ears and nose open …..for any manor of skullduggery. And for such a quiet place here just sems to be a murder lurking around eac twist, turn and corner.

Above-Margaret Rutherford as Miss Marple- here in a scene from Murder at a Gallop.

Margaret Rutherford starred in four well done comedy-mysteries as the iconic Miss Marple in the early ’60s. All completed within a few years of each other. All featuring a recurring piece for a musical theme- scored by Ron Goodwin. Miss Marple theme-Miss Marple’s Theme — YouTube

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Chris Nersinger

Was born the year that DR. NO (1962) premiered. His first movie, age 3 -MONSTER ON THE CAMPUS (1958). A writer of all things Pop Culture. Movies, Music, TV. ...