4.50 from Paddington [DeliciousDeath]

Collins, London, 1957
Dodd Mead, New York, 1957 as "What Mrs. Mcgillicuddy Saw!"

Plot

(from HarperCollins "The Agatha Christie Collection" cover)

For an instant the two trains ran together, side by side. In that frozen moment, Elspeth witnessed a murder. Helplessly, she stared out of her carriage window as a man remorselessly tightened his grip around a woman's throat. The body crumpled. Then the other train drew away.

But who, apart from Miss Marple, would take her story seriously? After all, there were no suspects, no other witnesses...and no corpse.

Characters

Miss Jane Marple, Luther Crackenthorpe, Cedric Crackenthorpe, Harold Crackenthorpe, Alfred Crackenthorpe, Emma Crackenthorpe, Bryan Eastley, Alexander Eastley, James Stoddart-West, Dr John Quimper, Mrs Elspeth McGillicuddy, Lucy Eyelesbarrow, Mrs Kidder, Madame Joliet, Anna Stravinska, Arthur Wimborne

Movie & TV

[MV] Murder, She Said, 1962(UK) B/W: [direct] George Pollock; [script] David D.Osborn, David Pursall, Jack Seddon; [cast] Margaret Rutherford(Miss Marple), Arthur Kennedy(Dr.Quimper), Muriel Pavlow(Emma), James Robertson Justice(Ackenthorpe), Charles Tingwell(Craddock), Ronald Howard(Eastley), Thorley Walters(Cedric), Ronnie Raymond(Alexander), Stringer Davis(Mr.Stringer), Joan Hickson(Mrs.Kidder)
[TV] 4.50 from Paddington, 1987(UK/BBC) 110min.: [direct] Martyn Friend; [script] T.R.Bowen; [cast] Joan Hickson(Miss Marple), David Horovitch(Slack), Jill Meager(Lucy Eyelesbarrow), Joanna David(Emma Crackenthorpe), Maurice Denham(Luther Eyelesbarrow), Andrew Burt(Dr.Quimper), David Beames(Bryan Eastley), Christopher Haley(Alexander Eastley), David Waller(Duckham), Ian Brimble(Sergeant Lake)
[TV] PADDINGTON-hatsu 4ji 50ppun: "AGATHA CHRISTIE no meitantei POIROT to MARPLE", 2005(JPN/NHK) 25min.x4; [direct] Naohito Takahashi; [script] Shoji Yonemura; [cast/voice] Kaoru Yachigusa(Marple)
[TV] 4.50 from Paddington: "Agatha Christie's Marple" (Season 1), 2004/05(UK); [direct] Andy Wilson, [script] Stephen Churchett; [cast] Geraldine McEwan(Miss Jane Marple), Pam Ferris(Elspeth McGillicuddy), Amanda Holden(Lucy Eyelesbarrow), John Hannah(Inspector Tom Campbell), Griff Rhys Jones(Dr. David Quimper), David Warner(Luther Crackenthorpe), Niamh Cusack(Emma Crackenthorpe), Ben Daniels(Alfred Crackenthorpe), Charlie Creed-Miles(Harold Crackenthorpe), Ciaran McMenamin(Cedric Crackenthorpe), Michael Landes(Bryan Eastley)
[TV] Uso wo tsuku shitai, TV, Japan: [direct] Ryuichi Inomata, [script] James Miki; [cast] Keiko Kishi, Nana Kinomi, Emi Hashino, Raita Ryu