This film is a fine adaptation of one of Agatha Christie's more enduring tales. Loaded with megawatt star power: Elizabeth Taylor, Kim Novak, Angela Lansbury, and Rock Hudson, plus other well-known journeymen supporting players, keep this compilation of 50's icons jousting for their close-up. The murder of an innocent female villager at a reception for the aging Ms.Taylor's character,(shades of "All About Eve"), and the arrival of an hysterical and deliciously venomous Kim Novak adds fire to the harried relationships of movie producer and director Rock Hudson and Tony Curtis, (husbands of Taylor and Novak). Set in gorgeous English countryside, and given great fashion for its female stars, the film is very easy on the eyes. However, the whole plot line seems rather melodramatic,(especially Taylor's serious style, as opposed to the hilarious Novak).Tony Curtis has aged considerably,and Rock Hudson seems somewhat less the matinée idol he once was. The Marple sleuthing by Angela Lansbury is first-rate, and reflects her long years in television's drama, "Murder She Wrote." Apparently, there is a cameo by newbie Pierce Brosnan.Watch for it! (I missed it). The final scene by Taylor is unintentionally reflective of her most notorious film.
Review of The Mirror Crack'd
