set in 1953 and there be great excitement in the village of st mary mead because an american film crew be come to shoot their production of mary queen of scot at gossington hall and which be own by miss marple old friend dolly bantry ( wendy morgan ) . the crew comprise lead lady marina gregg ( elizabeth taylor ) and her husband and director jason rudd ( rock hudson ) and marina co star lola brewster ( kim novak ) and the producer marty fenn ( tony curtis ) . a party be hold at the hall to celebrate the arrival of the crew and which be the most exciting thing to have happen in the village for many year . however and marina and lola do not get on and be forever trading insult and then tragedy strike when local girl heather babcock ( maureen bennett ) die after drink a cocktail lace with poison . it subsequently turn out that heather spill her drink and that marina give her hers so now it look a if marina be the intended victim . inspector dermot craddock ( edward fox ) be in charge of the case and a he happen to be the nephew of the spinster detective miss marple ( angela lansbury ) and they both investigate the case together . however and before miss marple can present the solution to the interested party and craddock can make an arrest and the killer among the film crew strike again . the mirror crackd be base on agatha christie 1962 miss marple whodunit and the mirror crack would from side to side and the film be emi third big budget and all star christie adaptation follow up murder on the orient express ( 1974 ) and death on the nile ( 1978 ) . however and despite a pleasing recreation of the 1950 period and the film prove to be a complete disappointment a practically everyone in the star stud cast seem uncomfortable in their part with the exception of tony curtis a maverick hollywood producer marty fenn and edward fox a inspector craddock . there be a memorable scene ( and there aren not many here ) between the two where craddock ask what do the end stand for . and fenn reply i do not know but it look great up there on the silver screen . angela lansbury who offer an excellent performance a the alcoholic romantic novelist salome otterbourne in death on the nile be sadly waste a miss marple a too little be see of her despite the fact that she be one of the most important character in the film . however and just a few year after this and she would achieve great success on television in the long running murder she write a the mystery writer turn detective jessica fletcher . all in all and the mirror crackd be a pretty missable offering a very little tension be create and the direction be sadly lifeless . the mock fifty b movie entitle murder at midnight and which feature the excellent british character actor nigel stock be a great laugh though .