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During an annual board of trustees meeting, one of the trustees dies. Miss Marple thinks he’s been poisoned after finding a chemical on him. She sets off to investigate at the ship where he had just come from. The fourth and final film from the Miss Marple series starring Margaret Rutherford as the quirky amateur detective.

"New mischief amidst the mizzen-masts!"

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Review by: CinemaSerf

In my view, this is the weaker of the four "Miss Marple" films made by George Pollock for MGM. Margaret Rutherford is flawless as the trustee of a charity charged with the rehabilitation of young offenders and Lionel Jeffries provides the laughs as the Captain of "HMS Battledore" - the sailing sloop that is used to convert these youngsters from their recalcitrant ways. As one of her fellow trustees suddenly - and literally - snuffs it, "Miss Marple" suspects foul play and with the help of a home chemistry set (and, "Mr. Stringer", of course) deduces that he was ingeniously poisoned! She sets off to the seaside visit the ship and get to the bottom of it all, to the chagrin of virtually everyone concerned. All great japery-by-the-sea and we even get a bit of swordplay.

Reviewer rating: 7.0

Actors


Margaret Rutherford

Miss Jane Marple


Lionel Jeffries

Captain Rhumstone


Stringer Davis

Jim Stringer


Charles Tingwell

Inspector Craddock


William Mervyn

Breeze-Connington


Henry Oscar

Lord Rudkin


Joan Benham

Alice Fanbraid


Nicholas Parsons

Dr. Crump


Miles Malleson

Bishop

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