
Murder, Margaret and Me
In the early sixties two national treasures were the creative force behind one of British cinema''s most successful franchises. But the Miss Marple movies were almost never made... Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie didn''t want Margaret Rutherford to bring her fabled spinster to life. And Margaret Rutherford was mortified at the prospects of sullying her reputation with something as sordid as murder...
In the early sixties two national treasures were the creative force behind one of British cinema''s most successful franchises. But the Miss Marple movies were almost never made... Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie didn''t want Margaret Rutherford to bring her fabled spinster to life. And Margaret Rutherford was mortified at the prospects of sullying her reputation with something as sordid as murder...
