I don't know if the script writer, the producer, director or actors or all of them were responsible, but this was one of the most horrible mystery productions I have ever seen. There were a lot of words spoken, but they were uncoordinated gibberish. The plot was just random nonsense.
I have heard on BBC Radio 7 a nice audio play of this story with June Whitfield as Miss Marple, and it was terrific. McKenzie seems to just sit or stand around with a dumb smile. Not a great performance.
I have not read the Agatha Christie novel, but if I remember correctly from the BBC Radio 7 drama, the scene did not involve a kind of minimum security lock up but took place in a modest house. I certainly don't remember the kind of ending shown in this presentation.
Clearly, the best Miss Marple was Joan Hickson.
I have heard on BBC Radio 7 a nice audio play of this story with June Whitfield as Miss Marple, and it was terrific. McKenzie seems to just sit or stand around with a dumb smile. Not a great performance.
I have not read the Agatha Christie novel, but if I remember correctly from the BBC Radio 7 drama, the scene did not involve a kind of minimum security lock up but took place in a modest house. I certainly don't remember the kind of ending shown in this presentation.
Clearly, the best Miss Marple was Joan Hickson.