Although the evidence appears to be overwhelming in the strangulation murder of a blackmailer, Miss Marples sole not guilty vote han gs the jury 11-1. She becomes convinced that the real murderer is a member of a local theatrical troupe, so she joins them in order to gather information. The clues lead back many years to a single disastrously unsuccessful 1951 performance of a dreadful play written by the groups hammy director, H. Driffold Cosgood. Although at that time, several of the current cast members were only children, more murders follow before Miss Marple ultimately exposes the killer. 英國(guó)影片。片長(zhǎng)90分，根據(jù)Mrs. McGintys Dead改編，原著是波羅故事。因影片將主角變?yōu)轳R普爾小姐和劇情的更改引起原小說(shuō)作者克里斯蒂?gòu)?qiáng)烈不滿，影片本身也遭遇票房和評(píng)論慘敗。主演Margaret Rutherford還出演過(guò)另外3部以馬普爾小姐為主角的電影，其中1部亦是根據(jù)波洛故事改編(「葬禮之后」)，另1部是原創(chuàng)劇本。80年代在多部電視劇中扮演塔彭絲的Francesca Annis也在本片中扮演一個(gè)小角色。