Unlike many people out there who hate Geraldine McEwan as Miss Marple, I like her. This movie was great! There were only 3 major changes, but the Hickson version took 3 liberties with the plot as well.
In this version: 1) The killer's motives are changed; 2) Harold does not die; 3) The Inspector "got the girl". (which some may think happened in the book, but it is disproved in the novel "THE MIRROR CRACK'D FROM SIDE TO SIDE")
In the Joan Hickson version: 1) Alfred was alive and well at the end; 2) There was no food poisoning; 3) Harold's death was disguised as a shooting accident.
I did not mind the changing of the killer's motives. My eyes were watering at the end. A great adaptation! Well done!
In this version: 1) The killer's motives are changed; 2) Harold does not die; 3) The Inspector "got the girl". (which some may think happened in the book, but it is disproved in the novel "THE MIRROR CRACK'D FROM SIDE TO SIDE")
In the Joan Hickson version: 1) Alfred was alive and well at the end; 2) There was no food poisoning; 3) Harold's death was disguised as a shooting accident.
I did not mind the changing of the killer's motives. My eyes were watering at the end. A great adaptation! Well done!