"It's a Penny to a Pony... Murder Will Out!"

1963

1h 21m

7.1(188 votes)

Comedy

Crime

Drama

Mystery

Thriller

Overview

Miss Marple and Mr. Stringer are witnesses to the death by heart attack of elderly, rich Mr. Enderby. Yet they have their doubts about what happened. The police don't believe them, thus leading Miss Marple to yet again investigate by herself.

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Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Margaret Rutherford

Miss Jane Marple

Stringer Davis

Jim Stringer

Robert Morley

Hector Enderby

Flora Robson

Miss Milchrest

Charles Tingwell

Inspector Craddock

Gordon Harris

Sergeant Bacon

Robert Urquhart

George Crossfield

Katya Douglas

Rosamund Shane

James Villiers

Michael Shane

Noel Howlett

Mr. Trundell

Creative team

Directed by: George Pollock
Written by: James P. Cavanagh
Produced by: Lawrence P. Bachmann
George H. Brown

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