Marple: At Bertram's Hotel (2007) (TV)

Director:

Dan Zeff

Writers:

Agatha Christie (novel)
Tom MacRae (screenplay)

Release Date:

1 April 2007 (Canada)

Genre:

Mystery

Plot:

Miss Marple spends a holiday in a luxurious London hotel. The sinister atmosphere, the odd disappearance of a clergyman and the murder of the commissionaire moves her on the trail of a clever criminal gang.

Plot Keywords:

Hotel | Female Detective | Spinster | Beautiful Woman | Amateur Detective

Cast

Geraldine McEwan	...	Miss Marple
Isabella Parriss	...	Young Miss Marple
James Howard	...	Hotel Doorman 1891
Adam Smethurst	...	Cab Driver
Tony Bignell	...	Newsboy
Vincent Regan	...	Mickey Gorman
Mark Heap	...	Mr. Humfries
Emily Beecham	...	Elvira Blake
Mary Nighy	...	Brigit Milford
Martine McCutcheon	...	Jane Cooper
Charles Kay	...	Canon Pennyfather
Ed Stoppard	...	Malinowski
Nicholas Burns	...	Jack & Joel Britten
Mica Paris	...	Amelia Walker
Francesca Annis	...	Lady Selina Hazy

Also Known As:

Miss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel (USA) (new title)

Runtime:

USA:84 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Claremont Fan Court School, Esher, Surrey, England, UK

Company:

Agatha Christie

Trivia:

In the opening minutes, as Miss Marple stares in wonderment at the lobby of Bertram's Hotel, the manager is on the phone and says, "Uh, no, I'm afraid Miss Otis regrets she's unable to lunch today." The line is from the 1934 Cole Porter song "Miss Otis Regrets" performed by many artists including Ella Fitzgerald and 'Nat ‘King’ Cole', and more recently by Bette Midler on the final episode of "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" (1962).

Goofs:

Continuity: When Elvira Blake and Brigit Milford enter the dining room and talk to Miss Marple, Brigit is in front. When the scene cuts back to them a second later, Elvira's shoulder is in front of Brigit's. The cut is too quick for their positions to change.

Movie Connections:

Version of At Bertram's Hotel (1987) (TV)

McEwan is a Marvelous Marple but this is a so so production

Unlike others I very much enjoy McEwan's interpretation of Jane Marple as it more closely resembles the woman in the book rather than people's Hickson idea which wasn't my vision of Miss Marple. I love Geraldine McEwan each time she comes onto the screen. However, this film was greatly flawed, letting the Maid take the lead was not my idea of Marple (though she was trying to mentor a young girl which was nice) and the murder set up too convoluted--that HAT told you immediately what was going on.

I did love some of the toss in lines though . .the Hotel Manager at the very beginning saying into the Phone, "Miss Otis regrets she's unable to lunch today" had me in stitches. .and i sang the song after the film was over.