Movies starring Joan Hickson

Biography: 
Joan Hickson was born in 1906 at Kingsthorpe, Northampton. Her stage career began with provincial theater in 1927, going on to a long series of West End comedies, usually playing the part of a confused or eccentric middle-age woman. She performed at the Regent's Park Open Air Theater at the time London was subject to World War II bombing. Her work gradually included screen roles: "The Guinea Pig ( ...  show all 
Wednesday, May 14th, 2008

They Do It with Mirrors (1991)   


    
Genres: Crime | Drama | Mystery
Countries: UK
Actors: Joan Hickson | Jean Simmons | Joss Ackland | Faith Brook | Gillian Barge | Neal Swettenham | David Horovitch | Ian Brimble | Christopher Villiers | Jay Villiers | Holly Aird | Todd Boyce | Saul Reichlin | Matthew Cottle | John Bott
Directors: Norman Stone
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Miss Marple is invited in London to see his old friend Ruth. Miss Marple was a kind of companion travelling to Ruth and her sister, Carrie Louise. Ruth is worried about Carrie Louise. She does not know why, although. Ruth asks Miss Marple to come with her to the state of her sister, Stonygates. Stonygates is a huge manor and some of the buildings and from lands are used by the actual husband of Carrie Louise, Lewis, as a reformatory for the youthful criminals. Miss Marple meets people who live - the grand-daughter Gina de Carrie Louise and her discontented American husband Walter there; Stephen and Alex Restarick, the stepsons of Carrie Louise by his first marriage; Edgar Lawson, the rationally changeable overtired secretary of Lewis; and the daughter of Carrie Louise, Mildred, who is jealous of Gina. Soon, the stepson of Carrie Louise by his second marriage manifests himself. He is Christian Guldbrandsen and he aims the trust which contributes a fraction of funds used to aim Stonygates. He and Lewis speak behind closed doors. Later this night, Edgar begins agitating a gun around and reciting that Lewis is his father. Lewis takes it in his office where argument becomes even more heated. After some minutes, they hear two blows and then hysterical shouting. The door opens to reveal Lewis, unharmed. Edgar missed it. However, the body of Christian Guldbrandsen is discovered, pulled. Refreshed Miss Marple to find the murderer before it is too much late for his good friend Carrie Louise.

Mlle Marple est invitée à Londres à voir son vieil ami Ruth. Mlle Marple était une sorte de compagnon voyageant à Ruth et sa soeur, Carrie Louise. Ruth est inquiétée de Carrie Louise. Elle ne sait pas pourquoi, bien que. Ruth demande à Mlle Marple de venir avec elle à l’état de sa soeur, Stonygates. Stonygates est un énorme manoir et certains des bâtiments et des terres sont utilisés par le mari actuel de Carrie Louise, Lewis, comme un centre d’éducation surveillée pour les criminels juvéniles. Mlle Marple rencontre les gens qui vivent là - la petite-fille Gina de Carrie Louise et son mari américain mécontent Walter; Stephen et Alex Restarick, les beaux-fils de Carrie Louise par son premier mariage; Edgar Lawson, le secrétaire surmené intellectuellement instable de Lewis; et la fille de Carrie Louise, Mildred, qui est jalouse de Gina. Bientôt, le beau-fils de Carrie Louise par son deuxième mariage se manifeste. Il est Christian Guldbrandsen et il dirige la confiance qui contribue une fraction des fonds utilisés pour diriger Stonygates. Lui et Lewis parlent en privé. Plus tard cette nuit, Edgar commence à agiter un fusil autour d’et déclamer que Lewis est son père. Lewis le prend à son bureau où l’argument devient même plus chauffé. Après quelques minutes, on entend deux coups et cri ensuite hystérique. La porte s’ouvre pour révéler Lewis, indemne. Edgar l’a manqué. Pourtant, le corps de Christian Guldbrandsen est découvert, tiré. Mlle Marple dispose trouver le meurtrier auparavant c’est trop tard pour son bon ami Carrie Louise.

Wednesday, May 14th, 2008

Caribbean Mystery, A (1989)   


    
Genres: Crime | Drama | Mystery
Countries: UK
Actors: Joan Hickson | Donald Pleasence | Adrian Lukis | Sophie Ward | T.P. McKenna | Michael Feast | Sheila Ruskin | Frank Middlemass | Robert Swan | Sue Lloyd | Barbara Barnes | Stephen Bent | Joseph Mydell | Valerie Buchanan | Isabelle Lucas
Directors: Christopher Petit
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Although Miss Marple wants to sun himself only quietly in a West-Indian resort, she becomes with dull recollections of a much too talkative ex-soldier and policemen, bigger Palgrave afflicted. Although he claims to own a picture of a murderer, Miss Marple is interested more in her omnipresent knitting than his long-winded stories. After the hard drinking major dies at this night of an obvious heart attack, the maidservant says to her that the blood pressure drug found in his room belongs to another guest. If she finds out later that the incriminating picture is missed and the maidservant is found to death stung, forecasts Miss Marple properly that more murders will follow.

Obwohl sich Fräulein Marple nur ruhig an einem westindischen Ferienort sonnen will, wird sie mit langweiligen Erinnerungen von einem allzu gesprächigen Ex-Soldaten und Polizisten, Größerem Palgrave geplagt. Obwohl er behauptet, ein Bild eines Mörders zu besitzen, interessiert sich Fräulein Marple mehr für ihre allgegenwärtige Strickarbeit als seine langatmigen Geschichten. Nachdem der hart trinkende Major in dieser Nacht an einem offenbaren Herzanfall stirbt, sagt das Dienstmädchen ihr, dass das in seinem Zimmer gefundene Blutdruck-Medikament einem anderen Gast gehört. Wenn sie später erfährt, dass das belastende Bild vermisst wird und das Dienstmädchen zu Tode gestochen gefunden wird, sagt Fräulein Marple richtig voraus, dass mehr Morde folgen werden.

Tuesday, May 13th, 2008

4.50 from Paddington (1987)   


    
Genres: Crime | Drama | Mystery
Countries: UK
Actors: Joan Hickson | Juliette Mole | David Beames | Mona Bruce | Nicholas Blane | Katy Jarrett | Leslie Adams | David Horovitch | Ian Brimble | Rhoda Lewis | Jill Meager | Joanna David | Maurice Denham | Andrew Burt | Pamela Pitchford
Directors: Martyn Friend
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Elspeth McGillicuddy, an old friend of Miss Marple, is witness of a murder of strangulation in a temporary train by the window of his coach’s compartment. When the Inspecteur de La Peu consciencieux police cannot find a body along footprints and doubt of the validity of history, Miss Marple and Elspeth find the region where the body was probably thrown of the train, the manor isolated from an old, a sour millionaire, Luther Crackenthorpe. The niece Lucy de Miss Marple is recruited to ask for a job on the state in the hopes of finding the body. When it thinks it in an ancient sarcophagus in an Egyptian of house of dependency and treasures is étrusques of art, the police and Miss Marple is made intercede. Of course somebody in the big home is involved, but who?.

Elspeth McGillicuddy, un vieil ami de Mlle Marple, est témoin d’un meurtre de strangulation dans un train passager par la fenêtre de son compartiment d’entraîneur. Quand l’Inspecteur de La police Peu consciencieux ne peut pas trouver un corps le long des empreintes et doute de la validité de l’histoire, Mlle Marple et Elspeth trouvent la région où le corps a été probablement lancé du train, le manoir isolé d’un âgé, un millionnaire revêche, Luther Crackenthorpe. La nièce Lucy de Mlle Marple est recrutée pour demander un emploi sur l’état dans les espoirs de trouver le corps. Quand elle le trouve dans un sarcophage ancien dans un égyptien d’habitation de dépendance et des trésors étrusques d’art, la police et Mlle Marple sont faits intervenir. Évidemment quelqu’un dans la grande maison est impliqué, mais qui ?.

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

Sleeping Murder (1987)   


    
Genres: Crime | Drama | Mystery
Countries: Australia | UK
Actors: Joan Hickson | Geraldine Alexander | John Moulder-Brown | Frederick Treves | Jean Anderson | Terrence Hardiman | John Bennett | Geraldine Newman | Jack Watson | Joan Scott | Jean Heywood | Georgine Anderson | Edward Jewesbury | David McAllister | Amanda Boxer
Directors: John Davies
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Adaptation of television of British Corporation of Diffusion - radio and TV of the novel of Agatha Christie. A recently married young woman, Gwenda Reed, turns England after living on most of his life in New Zelândia. While his husband, Giles, is out of the country she buys a house for them and begins to evoke memories that do his departure to think that possibly she had lived at the home before. It is alone then, having dinner out with friends, that a chance observation provoked a frightening memory, as a small girl, looking down at the body of a woman and the murderer *quot; with mãos*quot; of paws of monkey. Gwenda is determined to discover the fountains of this memory. The murderer, thought what it links / links was sure after eighteen years and it is prepared to kill to cover the past. But Gwenda takes the help as one of his friends of dinner is Raymond West, who has a very special Aunt who is disposed to help Gwenda - Young lady Jane Marple.

Adaptação de televisão de Corporação Britânica de Difusão - rádio e TV da novela do Agatha Christie. Uma mulher jovem recentemente casada, Gwenda Reed, volta a Inglaterra depois de viver da maior parte da sua vida na Nova Zelândia. Enquanto seu marido, Giles, é fora do país ela compra uma casa por eles e começa a revocar memórias que fazem a sua partida para pensar que possivelmente ela tinha vivido na casa antes. É só então, jantando fora com amigos, que uma observação casual provocou uma memória assustadora, como uma pequena menina, olhando abaixo para o corpo de uma mulher e o assassino "com mãos" de patas de macaco. Gwenda é determinado para descobrir as fontes desta memória. O assassino, pensou que ele/ela esteve seguro depois de dezoito anos e está preparado para matar para cobrir o passado. Mas Gwenda tem a ajuda como um dos seus amigos de jantar é Raymond West, que tem uma Tia muito especial que é disposta a ajudar Gwenda - Senhorita Jane Marple.

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

At Bertram’s Hotel (1987)   


    
Genres: Crime | Drama | Mystery
Countries: UK
Actors: Joan Hickson | Caroline Blakiston | Helena Michell | James Cossins | Joan Greenwood | George Baker | Douglas Milvain | Philip Bretherton | Preston Lockwood | Irene Sutcliffe | Brian McGrath | Neville Phillips | Robert Reynolds | Peter Baldwin | Randal Herley
Directors: Mary McMurray
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Miss Jane Marple remains in an elegant hotel of his praises of infancy of his nephew Raymond. Also there is international adventurer Bess Sedgwick and Missis Selena Nebulosa (Joan Greenwood in her next to the last interpretation). A doorman who is employed at the hotel turns out to be of Bess’s past, and when he is killed, she is the principal suspect. But what has to see his murder with the disappearance of a vicar major who remains in the hotel, and a rope of thefts during a few last months? Miss Marple must quarrel before the strikes of killer again!!!.

Señorita Jane Marple se queda en un hotel elegante de sus elogios de infancia de su sobrino Raymond. También hay aventurero internacional Bess Sedgwick y la Señora Selena Nebulosa (Joan Greenwood en ella al lado de la última interpretación). Un portero que trabaja en el hotel resulta ser del pasado de Bess, y cuando él es matado, ella es el sospechoso principal. ¿Pero qué tiene que ver su asesinato con la desaparición de un vicario mayor que se queda en el hotel, y una cuerda de robos durante los pocos meses pasados? ¡¡Señorita Marple debe averiguar antes de las huelgas de asesino otra vez!!!.

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

Pocket Full of Rye, A (1985)   


    
Genres: Crime | Drama | Mystery
Countries: Australia | UK | USA
Actors: Joan Hickson | Timothy West | Fabia Drake | Clive Merrison | Rachel Bell | Peter Davison | Frances Low | Stacy Dorning | Martyn Stanbridge | Tom Wilkinson | Jon Glover | Selina Cadell | Annette Badland | Merelina Kendall | Frank Mills
Directors: Guy Slater
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The man rich in business Rex Fortescue collapses when he attains his office. It is determined that he was poisoned. Nobody also seems to the back, as each admits that the Crown was a despot. Soon however the young woman of Crown cheers herself up so poisoned. The good, Gladyes, that Miss Marple drew away, writes to Miss Marple asking for help. Miss Marple arrives too late, as the body of Gladyses is found choked and stringed above on the clothes line. Now it is personal and Miss Marple is résoute to see that the murderer punished.

L’homme riche d’affaires Rex Fortescue s’effondre quand il atteint son bureau. Il est déterminé qu’il a été empoisonné. Personne ne semble aussi le revers, comme chacun convient que la Couronne était un tyran. Bientôt pourtant la jeune femme de Couronne se remonte aussi empoisonné. La bonne, Gladyes, que Mlle Marple a entraîné, écrit à Mlle Marple demandant l’aide. Mlle Marple arrive trop tard, comme le corps de Gladyses est trouvé étranglé et cordé en haut sur la corde à linge. Maintenant c’est personnel et Mlle Marple est résoute de voir que le meurtrier a puni.

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

Murder Is Announced, A (1985)   


    
Genres: Crime | Drama | Mystery
Countries: Australia | UK | USA
Actors: Joan Hickson | Ursula Howells | Renée Asherson | Samantha Bond | Simon Shepherd | Nicola King | Elaine Ives-Cameron | Ralph Michael | Sylvia Syms | Matthew Solon | Mary Kerridge | Joan Sims | Paola Dionisotti | Vivienne Moore | David Collings
Directors: David Giles
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They announce a murder in the Newspaper Cleghorne Becoming nicked to happen on October 5th, 19 h 00 at Few small house of Paddocks. People living there, put in retirement Miss of secretary Blacklock, her Miss of companion Bunner, both distant cousins of Miss Blacklock, Patrick and Julia and Mrs.. Haymes, a gardener, have no idea that the announcement is of. Several villagers arrive the home under wrong pretexts of *quot; made to pass juste*quot; or *quot; was in voisinage*quot;. At exactly 19 h 00, light goes out and a man enters the room and shines a flashlight in the face everybody. Then they hear blows. As light returns on, they find the man who entered the room was drawn. Miss Marple must unmask the killer but soon more murders cheer themselves up.

On annonce un meurtre dans la Gazette Cleghorne s’Ébréchant pour survenir le 5 octobre, 19h00 à Peu de petite maison de Paddocks. Les gens vivant là, ont mis à la retraite Mlle de secrétaire Blacklock, sa Mlle de compagnon Bunner, les deux cousins lointains de Mlle Blacklock, Patrick et Julia et Mme.. Haymes, un jardinier, n’ont aucune idée que l’annonce est de. Plusieurs villageois arrivent à la maison sous les prétextes faux du "fait de passer juste" ou "Était dans le voisinage". À exactement 19h00, les lumières sortent et un homme entre dans la pièce et brille une lampe de poche dans le visage tout le monde. Alors on entend des coups. Comme les lumières reviennent sur, ils trouvent l’homme qui est entré la pièce a été tirée. Mlle Marple doit démasquer le tueur mais bientôt plus de meurtres se remontent.

Friday, April 25th, 2008

The Moving Finger (1985)   


    
Genres: Crime | Mystery
Countries: Australia | UK | USA
Actors: Joan Hickson | Michael Culver | Elizabeth Counsell | Deborah Appleby | Lucy Gleeson | Stuart Mansfield | Andrew Bicknell | Sabina Franklyn | Richard Pearson | Hilary Mason | Dilys Hamlett | John Arnatt | Sandra Payne | Martin Fisk | Penelope Lee
Directors: Roy Boulting
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Relay leader Gerry Burton is sent to a quiet land village to recover from the effects of an airplane misfortune and to be nursed back to the health by his nice sister Joanna. Because they are new to the community, they are shaken to receive an anonymous, sexually detailed poison ballpoint pen letter. They find later that other village nobility has been sacrificed by the same crank author, and the woman of the priest sends after her friend Miss Marple in hope for putting outside the culprit. If a woman of a lawyer apparently takes poison after the receipt of especially evil news, Miss Marple supposes that the letters are a camouflage for a little bit evil-announcing more. If a house maidservant is found constrainedly to death, she knows that she is right.

Staffel-Führer Gerry Burton wird zu einem ruhigen Landdorf gesandt, um sich von den Effekten eines Flugzeugunglücks zu erholen und zurück zur Gesundheit von seiner schönen Schwester Joanna gesäugt zu werden. Weil sie der Gemeinschaft neu sind, werden sie erschüttert, um einen anonymen, sexuell ausführlichen Gift-Kugelschreiber-Brief zu erhalten. Sie finden später, dass anderer Dorfadel von demselben Kurbelschriftsteller aufgeopfert worden ist, und die Frau des Pfarrers nach ihrem Freund Fräulein Marple in der Hoffnung auf das Herausstellen des Täters schickt. Wenn eine Frau eines Anwalts anscheinend Gift nach dem Empfang einer besonders bösartigen Nachricht nimmt, vermutet Fräulein Marple, dass die Briefe eine Tarnung für etwas unheilverkündendes mehr sind. Wenn ein Hausdienstmädchen gezwungen zu Tode gefunden wird, weiß sie, dass sie Recht hat.