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Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery

Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery

Mystery · Crime · TV Movie · 1989

While on vacation at a resort hotel in the West Indies, Miss Marple correctly suspects that the apparently natural death of a retired British major is actually the work of a murderer planning yet another killing.

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Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery

1989 Mystery · Crime · TV Movie 1h 44m

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6.6 / 10

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While on vacation at a resort hotel in the West Indies, Miss Marple correctly suspects that the apparently natural death of a retired British major is actually the work of a murderer planning yet another killing.

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The people responsible.

Directed by

Chris Petit

Written by

T.R. Bowen

Joan Hickson

Joan Hickson

Miss Marple

Donald Pleasence

Donald Pleasence

Jason Rafiel

Adrian Lukis

Adrian Lukis

Tim Kendal

Sophie Ward

Sophie Ward

Molly Kendal

T. P. McKenna

T. P. McKenna

Dr. Grahame

Michael Feast

Michael Feast

Edward Hillingdon

Sheila Ruskin

Sheila Ruskin

Evelyn Hillingdon

Court is in session

Put Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Cool Ironist

“Form is the argument.”

Every composed frame and deliberate cut is evidence that control can be thrilling in its own right.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Technique in search of a pulse.”

Immaculate construction is still construction. The film may be too busy proving its craft to feel alive.