Murder Most Foul Murder Most Foul Murder Most Foul is the third of four Miss Marple films made by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Loosely based on the novel "Mrs McGinty's Dead" by Agatha Christie, it stars Margaret Rutherford as Miss Jane Marple, Bud Tingwell as Inspector Craddock, and Stringer Davis (Rutherford's real-life husband) as Mr. Stringer. The story is ostensibly based on the original Christie story, but notably changes the action and characters. Hercule Poirot is replaced by Miss Marple and most other characters are not in the original story. The film was released in 1964 and directed by George Pollock, with David Pursall credited with
Agatha Christie's Marple due to the involvement of War-period China. In Norway, the series has been airing on state broadcaster NRK1 as "Miss Marple." In Sweden, "Marple" airs on TV4, the biggest commercial TV station. In Poland, the series airs on Ale Kino+. In the Czech Republic it is broadcast under the name "Slečna Marplová," the Czech for "Miss Marple." In Brazil, the series airs on HBO Brasil. The show has sparked controversy with some viewers for its adaptations of the novels. The first series of "Marple" was released in March 2005 in the UK, followed by the second series in July 2006.