Rotten
For all her prolificacy, Agatha Christie relied too often on one particular plot twist, and as soon as you recognize her old favorite here, the film loses all interest.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
The Mirror Crack'd
Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the murderer among them all?
1980 · 1h 45m · PG
Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Directed by
Guy Hamilton
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The Mirror Crack'd
Overview
Jane Marple solves the mystery when a local woman is poisoned and a visiting movie star seems to have been the intended victim.
Director and cast
- Guy Hamilton Director
- Angela Lansbury as Miss Jane Marple
- Geraldine Chaplin as Ella Zielinsky
- Tony Curtis as Martin N. Fenn
- Edward Fox as Inspector Craddock
- Rock Hudson as Jason Rudd
- Kim Novak as Lola Brewster
- Elizabeth Taylor as Marina Rudd
- Wendy Morgan as Cherry Baker
- Margaret Courtenay Cast
- Pierce Brosnan Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
65%
Tomatometer
Fresh
A nostalgic throwback to the genteel British murder mystery pix of the 1950s.
Variety Staff, Variety
Rotten
Both Miss Taylor and Miss Novak, as larger-than-life silver-screen rivals of a certain age, get all wound up for some fancy, high-toned tongue-lashings, but the material isn't up to their power.
Vincent Canby, New York Times
Rotten
Though it's obvious after five minutes that this is a complete no-no, the cinema equivalent of a bellyflop, it exercises a perverse fascination
Time Out
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