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Actors: Angela Lansbury, Rock Hudson
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Mirror Crack'd |
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Hollywood actresses come to Miss Marple's village, and soon a body turns up! The murders appear to be directed at a poor Hollywood Actress, Marina Gregg... Yet another intriguing case for Miss Marple...
--Bert, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of The Mirror Crack'd |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 60%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 40%
How difficult to spot villain?
- Somewhat obvious
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1930's-1950's
Murder Mystery?
Yes
What % of story relates directly
to the mystery, not the subplot?
- 80%
Misc. Plotlets
- local police have IQ of houseplant
Kind of mystery?
- skilled citizen investigator
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Age:
- long lived adults
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- white
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Very much smarter than other characters
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Eccentric:
Yes
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 80%
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- England/UK
Misc setting
- building
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- non-gory references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- excited
How many deaths in film?
- 3-4
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 1 (None)
Unusual forms of death
- poisoning
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- English
Subtitles?
- No
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
Is this movie based on a
- book
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