![]() True, a 200+ page novel had to be condensed into one hour and 42 minutes. ![]() Joan Hickson is most probably the Miss Marple that Agatha Christie envisioned - more so than Margaret Rutherford or Helen Hayes, for example, but the rest of the production is not. And while the original novel does this as well, it doesn't spring things on us totally out of the blue. The script is rather heavy-handed, moving quickly from one incident to another with little or no set-up. Here, Miss Marple is used to being involved, and police are used to consulting her, however much they resent having to do so. This edition was evidently produced later in the series. Murder at the Vicarage was Agatha's Christie's first adventure with Miss Marple. ![]() The underlying problem with this version of Murder at the Vicarage is that the producers took it out of order. ![]()
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