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
Murder Is Easy Irvin said the book was "...one of Agatha Christie's best mystery novels, a story fascinating in its plot, clever and lively in its characters and brilliant in its technique." She concluded, "The story's interest is unflagging, and the end brings excitement as well as surprise." William Blunt in "The Observer" of 4 June 1939 raised a question regarding Christie's abilities to write non-crime fiction, which demonstrates that her nom-de-plume identity of Mary Westmacott was not yet public knowledge: "I should hate to have to state on oath which I thought was Agatha Christie's best story, but I do think I