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To My Friends
Sodney and Mary Smith
First Published
- UK
- Collins, London, Jun. 1943
- Woman's Pictorial, Oct.17-Nov.21 1942 as 'Moving Finger'
- US
- Dodd Mead, New York, Jul. 1942
- Collier's Weekly, Mar.28-May.16 1942
Plot
(from HarperCollins "The Agatha Christie Collection" cover)
Lymstock was a town with more that its share of shameful secrets - a town where even a sudden outbreak of anonymous hate-mail caused only a minor stir.
But all of that changed when one of the recipients, Mrs Symmington, committed suicide. Her final note said 'I can't go on'. Only Miss Marple questioned the coroner's verdict of suicide. Was this the work of a poison-pen? Or of a poisoner?
Characters
Miss Jane Marple, Gerry Burton, Joanna Burton, Megan Hunter, Elsie Holland, Rose, Owen Griffith, Emily Barton, Partridge, Rev. Guy Calthrop, Maud Calthrop, Police Superintendent Nash, Miss Ginch, George, Pye, Mrs Cleat, Beatrice
Movie & TV
- The Moving Finger, 1985
- Agatha Christie's MISS MARPLE
- director Roy Boulting
- writer Julia Jones
- cast Joan Hickson(Miss Marple), Andrew Bicknell(Gerry Burton), Sabina Franklyn(Joanna Burton), Dilys Hamlett(Maud Calthorp), Michael Culver(Edward Symmington), Sandra Payne(Eryl Griffith), Richard Pearson(Mr. Pye), John Arnatt(Guy Calthorp), Hilary Mason(Emily Barton)
- The Moving Finger, 2005
- Agatha Christie's MARPLE Season 2
- director Tom Shankland
- writer Kevin Elyot
- cast Geraldine McEwan(Miss Jane Marple), Angela Curran (Miss Ginch), Rosalind Knight (Partridge), Imogen Stubbs (Mona Simmington), Sean Pertwee (Dr. Owen Griffith), Ellen Capron (Agnes), Keith Allen (Inspector Graves), Frances De La Tour (Mrs. Maud Dane Calthorp), Stephen Churchett (Coroner), Jessica Stevenson (Aimee Griffith), John Sessions (Mr. Cardew Pye), Emilia Fox (Joanna Burton), Kelly Brook (Elsie Holland), Harry Enfield (Richard Symmington), Ken Russell (Reverend Caleb Dame Calthorp), Talulah Riley (Megan Hunter), James d'Arcy (Jerry Burton)
- La plume empoisonnée, 2009
- Les petits meurtres d'Agatha Christie Season 1
- director Eric Woreth
Link
- Official Site: The Moving Finger
- Wikipedia: The Moving Finger
- IMDb: Miss Marple: The Moving Finger (1985)
- IMDb: Marple: The Moving Finger (2006)
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