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
Nemesis (Christie novel) knitting-needle, she is confronted by a brawny great fiend of a butch, is devilish fine. Not one of her best, perhaps, but remarkably inventive, quite worthy of the Picasso of the detective story." The "Daily Mirror" of 28 October 1971 said, "With this first-rate story Dame Agatha triumphantly returns to the traditional detective novel after a spell of psychological suspense." Robert Weaver in the "Toronto Daily Star" of 4 December 1971 said, "Christie richly deserves the loyalty offered up to her by devotees of the traditional mystery. She is readable and ingenious, and in "Nemesis" she has going for her