![]() ![]() ![]() The list of suspects grows to include: Mr. But before long, it's discovered that the dead woman, Ruby, had been employed at a seaside hotel about a half hour away by car. The most immediate suspect in the village is a young roustabout named Blake who plays jazz on his phonograph and talks openly about his all-night orgies. ![]() ''There's no telling what sort of state I'm in,'' says Sally, heading for the breakfast room, ''but I could eat a horse.'' She, more practical, sends for her dear friend Miss Marple. He's incredulous that anything so vulgar should touch their lives. Bowen and directed by Silvio Narizzano, the story opens with Colonel Bantry and his wife, Sally, waking in their stately English home to the news that the body of a young blond woman has been found in their library. Miss Christie would no doubt approve of Joan Hickson, the veteran British character actress who plays Miss Marple in ''The Body in the Library.'' The three-part dramatization begins tonight at 9 on WNET/Channel 13 as part of the weekly ''Mystery!'' series.Īdapted by T. ![]() She is an elderly, very pompous spinster with a genius for detection work. Jane Marple, patterned after the author's great aunt and grandmother, is supposed to be a far less physically imposing woman. Agatha Christie was never very enthusiastic about the formidable Margaret Rutherford portraying Miss Marple in the movies. ![]()
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