Overview
A sharp-witted amateur sleuth takes on a perplexing case aboard a train, where nothing is as it seems.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Mild
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Mild
- witty
- playful
- cozy
- cozy mystery night
- classic film evening
What critics said
Critics broadly find the film a charming, highly entertaining, and delightfully dotty comic mystery despite its liberties with Christie's characterization.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Miss Marple is treated as an implausible witness, yet conducts her own investigation after police skepticism.
Margaret Rutherford's performance makes the investigation delightfully dotty while the central case remains a murder mystery.
Miss Marple sees an apparent strangling from a passing train, providing the case's distinctive inciting observation.
Marple's investigation leads to the Ackenthorpe family and their estate, where identities and motives are obscured.
Films like Murder She Said, and why
The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side
shared amateur sleuth, country-house mystery, comic detection, and classic British atmosphere
Murder on the Orient Express
shared Agatha Christie whodunit structure, eccentric detective, and playful murder-mystery tone
The Trouble with Harry
shared British country-estate setting, amateur investigation, comic eccentricity, and concealed identities
Movie Details
- Director
- George Pollock
- Release Date
- 1961-09-26
- Runtime
- 87 min
- Rating
- 7.3 / 10 (245)
Cast
- Margaret Rutherford
- Arthur Kennedy
- Muriel Pavlow
- James Robertson Justice
- Thorley Walters
- Charles Tingwell
- Conrad Phillips
- Ronald Howard
- Joan Hickson
- Stringer Davis
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Britbox Apple TV channel, BritBox, BritBox Amazon Channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Murder She Said about?
- A dismissed witness with impeccable persistence turns a fleeting train-window murder sighting into a gleefully eccentric British investigation.
- What is Murder She Said like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Murder She Said as brisk, its intensity as mild and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Murder She Said violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Murder She Said as mild.
- What did critics think of Murder She Said?
- Critics broadly find the film a charming, highly entertaining, and delightfully dotty comic mystery despite its liberties with Christie's characterization.
- Which films are like Murder She Said?
- Films with a similar feel include The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side, Murder on the Orient Express, and The Trouble with Harry.
- How long is Murder She Said?
- Murder She Said runs 87 minutes.
- Where can I watch Murder She Said?
- In United States, Murder She Said streams on Britbox Apple TV channel, BritBox, BritBox Amazon Channel.
