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The Mirror Crack'd (1980)

The Mirror Crack'd poster
Directed by
Guy Hamilton
Genre
crime film, mystery film
Country
Australia, United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 45m
Rated
PG
Rating
6.1 of 10 from 244 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A visiting movie star causes a stir in a quiet English village. When a local woman is poisoned, an elderly amateur sleuth believes the killer actually meant to kill the star.

whodunitcozynostalgiclightheartedsuspensefulwittyleisurely-pacedstar-studded

What happens

The Mirror Crack'd is a 1980 British mystery film directed by Guy Hamilton and starring Angela Lansbury, Geraldine Chaplin, Tony Curtis, Edward Fox, Rock Hudson, Kim Novak, and Elizabeth Taylor. The screenplay by Jonathan Hales and Barry Sandler was adapted from Agatha Christie's Miss Marple novel The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side (1962). Its plot follows Jane Marple's investigation of a local woman's poisoning, which she believes was intended for a visiting movie star. Scenes were filmed at Twickenham Film Studios in Twickenham, Middlesex, and on location in Kent. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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