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Director:
Nicholas Renton
Writers:
Patrick Barlow (screenplay)
Agatha Christie (novel)
Release Date:
26 July 2009 (USA) more
Genre:
Crime | Drama | Mystery more
Plot:
While visiting her friend Marjorie Attfield, Miss Marple learns that her son Bobby had recently found a body... more | add synopsis
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User Comments:
Totally confusing, sprawling tale of poison, murders and deception... more (13 total)

Cast

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Julia McKenzie ... Miss Marple

Sean Biggerstaff ... Bobby Attfield
David Buchanan ... John Carstairs
Siwan Morris ... Florrie
Helen Lederer ... Marjorie Attfield
Georgia Moffett ... Frankie Derwent
Samantha Bond ... Sylvia Savage

Richard Briers ... Wilson
Freddie Fox ... Tom Savage
Rik Mayall ... Alec Nicholson

Hannah Murray ... Dorothy Savage
Rafe Spall ... Roger Bassington
Natalie Dormer ... Moira Nicholson
Warren Clarke ... Commander Peters
Mark Williams ... Claud Evans
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Agatha Christie: Marple - Why Didn't They Ask Evans? (Australia)
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Runtime:
USA:82 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Certification:
Australia:PG

Fun Stuff

Quotes:
Florrie: That's all you can ask. Someone who treats you right. Like there are diamonds on your soul. more
Movie Connections:
Version of Why Didn't They Ask Evans? (1980) (TV) more

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9 out of 21 people found the following comment useful.
Totally confusing, sprawling tale of poison, murders and deception..., 26 July 2009
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Author: Neil Doyle from U.S.A.

I have an idea that this whole story has been drastically changed from the original Agatha Christie story because it's so totally absurd from start to finish, with a host of unbelievable characters and Miss Marple thrown into the mix for the sake of all the changes in the plotting.

WHY DIDN'T THEY ASK EVANS? never makes real sense of any plot development and why or how Miss Marple is able to deduce all that she does based on the flimsiest of clues while knitting away as though her mind is on anything but solving a murder, is the real mystery.

Again, JULIA McKENZIE does a nice job as the rather inquisitive old lady but the plot is so full of red herrings and suspicions pointed at the wrong people that it's really no fun for the mystery fan to even try deciphering the truth. The final scene is so far fetched, it has to rank as one of the most unrealistic and melodramatic endings ever shown in a Christie tale.

It appears that the writer has decided to make something very exotic out of the whole tale and whatever remains of the original is probably well hidden.

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