Murder Ahoy

Margaret Rutherford stars in the last of her four Miss Marple whodunits for MGM. Shortly after Miss Marple joins the board of a trust that aims to put young criminals on the straight-and-narrow via a quasi-naval setup, one of the organisers is found dead. Discovering that the deceased’s snuff had been poisoned, the genteel detective insists on going aboard the trust’s HMS Battledore. Far from solving the case, her presence prompts a further rash of killings… Also starring Lionel Jeffries, Charles Tingwell and Stringer Davis, and featuring Nicholas Parsons and Derek Nimmo., Margaret Rutherford stars in the last of her four Miss Marple whodunits for MGM; the only one from an original screenplay rather than based on an Agatha Christie novel. Shortly after Miss Marple joins the board of a trust that aims to put young criminals on the straight-and-narrow via a quasi-naval set-up, one of the organisers is found dead. Discovering that the deceased’s snuff had been poisoned, the genteel detective insists on going aboard the trust’s HMS Battledore, where the youngsters are rehabilitated. Far from solving the case, her presence prompts a further rash of killings. So the spirited spinster decides the only way to catch the culprit is to put herself in harm’s way… Also starring Lionel Jeffries, Charles Tingwell and Stringer Davis, and featuring Nicholas Parsons and Derek Nimmo., Enjoyable Agatha Christie thriller, starring the immortal Margaret Rutherford as the sleuthing Miss Marple, here investigating the murder of a trustee fund holder., Enjoyable Agatha Christie thriller, starring the immortal Margaret Rutherford as Miss Marple, here investigating the murder of a trustee fund holder., The last of Margaret Rutherford’s “Miss Marple” films, Murder Ahoy is the only one of the series not based on an Agatha Christie original. The setting this time is a boat that has been purchased by a trusteeship to serve as a home for wayward kids. One of the trustees, Cecil Ffolly-Hardwicke (Henry Longhurst), dies while attending a meeting held aboard the boat. The police write the death off as “natural causes,” but another trustee, our Miss Marple (Rutherford), suspects otherwise. Doing a little sleuthing on her own, she discovers that outwardly respectable Lionel Jeffries is using the boat as a “training school” for aspiring criminals, a la Fagin. This would seem to explain why Hardwicke was murdered, but Jeffries is much too obvious a suspect–as Miss Marple discovers nearly too late. Margaret Rutherford’s husband Stringer Davis is back again as Miss Marple’s platonic middle-aged friend Mr. Stringer., Miss Marple (Margaret Rutherford) investigates a naval vessel plagued by grisly deaths. Captain: Lionel Jeffries. Craddock: Charles Tingwell. Stringer: Stringer Davis. Compton: Francis Matthews. Commander: William Mervyn. Bacon: Terence Edmond. Humbert: Derek Nimmo. George Pollack directed., Lighthearted mystery in which the genial, elderly sleuth Miss Marple investigates when the wealthy trustee of a charity is murdered by means of a poison added to his snuff. The charity’s work involves rehabilitating young delinquents by sending them to sea – and it is on board a seagoing vessel that Miss Marple must pursue her quarry. Margaret Rutherford’s final outing as Agatha Christie’s famous detective., Margaret Rutherford stars in the last of her four Miss Marple whodunits for MGM; the only one from an original screenplay rather than based on an Agatha Christie novel. Shortly after Miss Marple joins the board of a trust that aims to put young criminals on the straight-and-narrow via a quasi-naval setup, one of the organisers is found dead. Discovering that the deceased’s snuff had been poisoned, the genteel detective insists on going aboard the trust’s HMS Battledore, where the youngsters are rehabilitated. Far from solving the case, her presence prompts a further rash of killings. So the spirited spinster decides the only way to catch the culprit is to put herself in harm’s way…