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Margaret Rutherford
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Synopsis: The last of Margaret Rutherford's "Miss Marple" films, Murder Ahoy is the only one of the series not based on an Agatha Christie original. The setting this time is a boat that has been purchased by a trusteeship to serve as a home for wayward kids. One of the trustees, Cecil Ffolly-Hardwicke (Henry LonghurstRead More
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The first, but not the best, of the "Miss Marple" stories that starred Margaret Rutherford was a bit talky and didn't have as much humor in it as the succeeding films. Nevertheless, it served as an excellent pilot for the remaining movies, and Rutherford was just settling into the role as the redoubtable detective. read more
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Dumpy, dough-faced British comedienne Margaret Rutherford was not precisely the physical type Agatha Christie had in mind for the prim, tweedish sleuth Miss Marple. Still, Rutherford's first "Marple" movie Murder, She Said did so well at the box office that there was no question she would continue appearing in the role in the inevitable sequels. In this initial effort, Marple witnesses a murder being committed on a speeding train. She informs the authorities, but they find no evidence of a killing and write off Marple as a doddering eccentric. Determined to prove that she's not imagining things, Marple investigates the area around the stretch of railroad track where the murder occurred. She winds up on the estate of James Robertson-Justice, disguised as a maid.
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Murder She Said (1961): Margaret Rutherford's debut as Agatha Christie's Miss Marple Murder at the Gallop (1963): Murder and mystery start with a funeral Murder Most Foul (1964): Miss Marple joins a theatrical troupe whose specialty is death scenes. Murder Ahoy (1964): Miss Marple takes the helm in a seagoing whodunit
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Margaret Rutherford, the daughter of William Benn and Florence Rutherford, was born in 1892. Her father was the brother of the politician John Benn. Before her birth, her father had murdered her grandfather, Julius Benn. As a result of this tragedy, Margaret took her mother's name. Margaret's mother died when she was three years old and she was brought up by her aunt.
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Following the conclusion of the Panel's meeting the Panel requested comment from the legal representatives for GHL and the Rutherford family on some of the Code implications of certain aspects of the Rutherford family's direct shareholdings in DTL. In response to that request the legal representatives asked for more time to make further submissions to the Panel. The Panel agreed to allow Chapman Tripp and Buddle Findlay until the afternoon of Thursday 6 March 2003 to present further written submissions. These submissions were duly received and considered by the Panel.
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