foot at the reception and is therefore confined to her home, for help. The suspects are Ella Zielinsky, Jason's assistant who is secretly in love with him and would like Marina out of the way, and the hotheaded actress Lola. The main suspect, Ella Zielinsky, after going to a pay phone in the village where she telephoned and threatened to expose the murderer, is then killed by a lethal nasal spray substituted for her hay-fever medication. Miss Marple, now back on her feet, visits Gossington Hall, where Marina and Jason are staying, and views where Heather's death occurred. Working from information received from her cleaning woman, Cherry Baker, who worked as a waitress the day of the murder, Marple begins to piece together the events and solves the mystery. By that time, however, another death occurs at Gossington Hall, which explains who was the killer: Marina Rudd has apparently died by suicide. Miss Marple explains that Heather Babcock's story was Marina's motive. Heather suffered from German measles, a rather harmless disease to most adults, but dangerous for a pregnant woman. Heather innocently infected Marina when she met her during the Second World War while Marina was pregnant: she had caused Marina's child to be born with mental retardation. Upon hearing Heather cheerfully tell this story, Marina was overcome with rage and deliberately poisoned her. She then spread the idea that she was the intended victim, concocting the death threats and poisoning her own coffee. Ella, who in fact made phone calls to various suspects from a phone box, accidentally guessed correctly, prompting Marina to murder her. Jason confesses to Miss Marple that he had put poison in his wife's hot chocolate to save her from being prosecuted; however, the drink has not been touched. Marina is nonetheless found dead, seeming to have poisoned herself. And as Marina is now dead, she will not be brought to justice. Cast Angela Lansbury as Miss Jane Marple Elizabeth Taylor as Marina Gregg-Rudd Rock Hudson as Jason Rudd Tony Curtis as Martin "Marty" N. Fenn Kim Novak as Lola Brewster Geraldine Chaplin as Ella Zielinsky Edward Fox as Inspector Dermot Craddock (Jane's nephew) Charles Gray as Bates, the butler Richard Pearson as Doctor Haydock Wendy Morgan as Cherry Margaret Courtenay as Mrs Dolly Bantry Marella Oppenheim as Margot Bence Maureen Bennett as Heather Babcock Carolyn Pickles as Miss Giles Eric Dodson as the Major