Murder, She Said 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 starring as Christie's famed amateur sleuth. While traveling by rail, Miss Marple witnesses the strangling of a young woman in the carriage of an overtaking train. The local police can find
A Murder Is Announced A Murder Is Announced A Murder Is Announced is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie and first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club in June 1950 and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company in the same month. The UK edition sold for eight shillings and sixpence (8/6) and the US edition at $2.50. The novel features her detective Miss Marple and is considered a crime novel classic. The book was heavily promoted upon publication in 1950 as being Christie's fiftieth book, although in truth this figure could only be arrived at by counting