Collins, London, 1962
Dodd Mead, New York, 1963 as "The Mirror Crack'd"
Plot
(from HarperCollins "The Agatha Christie Collection" cover)
One minute, silly Heather Badcock had been gabbling on at her movie idol, the glamorous Marina Gregg. The next, Heather suffered a massive seizure. But for whom was the deadly poison really intended?
Marina's frozen expression suggested she had witnessed something horrific. But, while others searched for material evidence, Miss Marple conducted a very different investigation - into human nature.
Characters
Miss Jane Marple, Dolly Bantry, Miss Knight, Cherry Baker, Marina Gregg, Jason Rudd, Ella Zeilinsky, Heather Badcock, Arthur Badcock, Margot Bence, Lola Brewster, Ardwyck Fenn, Giuseppe Morano, Det.Insp. Craddock, Raymond West, Inch, Miss Hartnell, Gladys Dixon, Dr Gilchrist
Movie & TV
- [MV] The Mirror Crack'd, 1980(UK) 105min.
- [direct] Guy Hamilton; [script] Jonathan Hales, Barry Sandler
- [cast] Angela Lansbury(Miss Marple), Elizabeth Taylor(Marina Rudd), Geraldine Chaplin(Ella Zielinsky), Rock Hudson(Jason Rudd), Tony Curtis(Marty N.Fenn), Edward Fox(Inspector Craddock), Kim Novak(Lola Brewster), Marella Oppenheim(Margot Bence), Wendy Morgan(Cherry), Maureen Bennett(Heather Babcock), Pierce Brosnan(An actor)
- [TV] Mirror Crack'd From Side To Side, 1992(UK/BBC) 100min.
- [direct] Norman Stone; [script] T.R.Bowen
- [cast] Joan Hickson(Miss Marple), Claire Bloom(Marina Gregg), Barry Newman(Jason Rudd), Elizabeth Garvie(Ella Zielinsky), Constantine Gregory(Ardwyck Fenn), John Castle(Inspector Craddock), David Horovitch(Superintendent Slack), Glynis Barber(Lola Brewster), Amanda Elwes(Margot Bence), Gwen Watford(Dolly Bantry)
- [MV] Shubho Mahurat, 2003(India)
- [direct] Rituparno Ghosh; [script] Rituparno Ghosh
- [cast] Sharmila Tagore, Raakhee, Nandita Das, Sumanta Mukherjee, Kalyani Mandal
- [TV] Daijoyu Satsujin-jiken, 2007(Japan)
- [direct] Kusuda Yasunobu, [script] Terada Toshio
- [cast] Kishi Keiko, Hashino Emi
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