Murder, She Said Halfidason, a critic for the BBC film website, awarded the picture four stars out of a possible five, calling it "delightfully dotty" and "fun". The film made a profit of $342,000. Murder, She Said Murder, She Said is a 1961 comedy/murder mystery film directed by George Pollock, based on the novel "4.50 from Paddington" by Agatha Christie. The production starred Margaret Rutherford as Miss Marple along with Arthur Kennedy, Muriel Pavlow and James Robertson Justice, and features Stringer Davis, Rutherford's real life husband. MGM made three sequels, "Murder at the Gallop", "Murder Most Foul" and "Murder Ahoy!", all with Rutherford
Agatha Christie: An Autobiography Gregg, the director of six of her plays who, in his 1980 memoir "Agatha Christie and All That Mousetrap", spoke with some disparagement of Christie, stating at one point, “She owed an enormous debt to Peter Saunders yet in her autobiography she gives him scant mention. Speaking of "The Unexpected Guest" (which Gregg directed) she says quite simply that she wrote it. I think perhaps she didn’t like to confess – to herself, even – that her theatrical accomplishments could not be achieved without help.” However, Janet Morgan, Christie's official biographer, considered the "Autobiography" to be “an enchanting book, fluent,