There was also the comment from a loquacious villager to Tuppence about how Sir Phillip loved children but not in the normal way. Or more.Īnd people say Agatha writes cozies.
It’s implied that there were at least five. There were plenty of child murders in the novel so many that the actual count is never given. You also lose the numerous child murders that took place over the years along with other murders of people who look at our murderer with suspicion. You lose Tommy and his co-worker, Ivor Smith, and their investigation into some criminal gang of thieves. You still get creepy villagers, loquacious villagers, friendly villagers, hostile villagers, and the new lord of the manor. The overall arc of the story remains: a child’s murder under mysterious circumstances and the disappearance of an old lady. She’s thrilled to go haring off with a total stranger based on disquieting feelings of creepiness and wrongness. Miss Marple is what she is: a nosy, perennially curious old lady with a taste for mysterious death. It felt natural, unlike claiming that somehow, someway, Jane Marple is related to Tommy, Tuppence, or anyone they know. Tommy doesn’t listen to Tuppence’s anxiety, but eagle-eared Miss Marple does and away we go. You would expect to meet Miss Marple visiting an elderly friend of hers at a rest home. We meet Tommy and Tuppence visiting an elderly, unpleasant aunt in a high-end rest home and who else is there visiting? By the Pricking of My Thumbs, despite Miss Marple never coming anywhere near the original novel, was a hit. Great clothes, locations, and most of all, atmosphere.
The film moved along smartly, and I could usually follow the action despite mumbling on the part of the cast.
He’s off gallivanting on some spy business stuff and appears only when needed.
I didn’t care that this was never a Miss Marple property! She fit in beautifully, taking the place of an absent Tommy. Quality of movie on its own: 4 poison bottles. There are numerous changes to time period, the main plot, subplots, minor characters, names, locations, …. The overall arc of the original novel remains. Miss Marple was added to a Tommy and Tuppence novel.
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