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Detective | Based On Novel Or Book
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7.4/10
IMDbBest Actress | 1987 | Joan
Best Television Feature or Miniseries | 1990 | T.R.
Based on the book that marks the debut of Miss Marple.
Mrs Protheroe (Polly Adams) is seen reading the book The Broken Road by A E W Mason. Mason was the creator of Inspector Hanaud who inspired Agatha Christie to invent Hercule Poirot
Cheryl Campbell (Griselda Clement) and Ian Brimble (Sgt. Lake) were both in Inspector Morse series 4 episode 1 The Infernal Serpent
The prescription on the bedside table of Christopher Hawes is from Mr. Badger, the chemist. This is the same Mr. Badger Miss Marple discusses in 'The Body in the Library'.
French title: L'affaire Protheroe.
"Detective Inspector Slack: I thought it was looking too good to be true. I shoulds known better! Soon as I saw that nice looking, gray-haired cobra sliding about, I shoulda known better Detective Sergeant Lake: Hunh? Detective Inspector Slack: The Marple woman sticks to this sort of business like chewing gum to the cat."
"Detective Sergeant Lake: [Referring to Mrs. Price-Ridley] Oh, yes, and she thinks she heard the murderer in the shrubbery. Reckon she heard him sneeze. Detective Inspector Slack: So all we have to do is find someone with a snotty handkerchief!"