This is a perfectly ok Agatha Christie movie adaptation, but there's absolutely nothing special about it unless you're a huge Elizabeth Taylor fan.
I can understand why the pricers would want to branch out with Christie's other most popular character after the success of Murder on the Orient Express and Death on the Nile, which both featured Hercule Poirot. But why did they choose this particular novel to adapt? Taking place in a 1950s English village it lacks the exotic cinematic grandeur and dramatic tension of the previous films. And Marple isn't even positioned as the main detective! Very, very odd choices.
They really needed to find a Marple story with more cinematic possibilities. That said, the film is ok if you think of it as a TV episode.
I can understand why the pricers would want to branch out with Christie's other most popular character after the success of Murder on the Orient Express and Death on the Nile, which both featured Hercule Poirot. But why did they choose this particular novel to adapt? Taking place in a 1950s English village it lacks the exotic cinematic grandeur and dramatic tension of the previous films. And Marple isn't even positioned as the main detective! Very, very odd choices.
They really needed to find a Marple story with more cinematic possibilities. That said, the film is ok if you think of it as a TV episode.