
Murder Most Foul
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- 1964
- 90 min
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What's all this?
You may choose, members of the jury,
that returning from a walk,
he found the hanging Mrs McGinty
and was about to release the rope
appeared on the scene.
On the other hand, you may think
the accused intended
of Mrs McGinty
for motives of greed,
his mean crime appear to be suicide.
Madam, either
you will have to cease knitting
or I will have to cease judging,
which shall it be?
It helps me to concentrate, m'lord.
- It does not help me, madam.
- Oh.
Very well.
Thank you.
Ah, yes.
If what I have said
is the truth of the matter,
then the prisoner was delayed in
the execution of his evil subterfuge
by the desperate fight of his victim.
Those scattered banknotes,
torn from her dress...
He was delayed, I say, long
enough for the timely intervention
of the alert Police Constable Wells.
Summing up
for a conviction, Inspector.
- Stand you a beer afterwards, Wells.
- Thank you.
..had every opportunity
of knowing that the unfortunate widow
kept her life savings there
instead of in the bank
and that Harold Taylor was bent
on securing her meagre fortune.
If the facts as presented to you
admit of any reasonable doubt,
then the accused is entitled
to the benefit of that doubt.
Members of the jury,
if you have been convinced by the
evidence beyond all reasonable doubt,
that the accused
committed this heinous crime,
then it is your solemn duty
to return a verdict of guilty.
You will retire
and consider your verdict.
Might just have time
for that beer, Wells.
There's absolutely
no doubt in my mind he's guilty.
He was caught
red-handed by the policeman.
Prisoner at the bar,
have you anything to say...
Not yet, m'lord,
the jury is still out.
Surely the time is more appropriate
for a very dry Martini, Johnson?
Very good, m'lord.
- Not more tea?
- No. They're coming back.
Are you agreed upon your verdict?
No, sir.
What did you say?
We're not able to reach
an agreement, m'lord.
Silence. I will not have
my court turned into a bear garden.
I suggest you retire for longer.
I'm afraid
it would be a waste of time, my lord.
I see.
Very well. There will be
Jury dismissed.
If ever there was
an open and shut case, this was it.
One jury member
was deliberately perverse.
Many more than one,
Inspector, I assure you.
Oh?
That woman's made a mockery
of my one and only murder.
No! No! No, Mr Swanbridge!
You mustn't turn your back
on the audience.
I want them to see
the surprise on your face.
Allow me.
Just once more, Miss Rusty, please.
Right.
Ah, our lady president.
Carry on, please.
Try again.
Do please try harder, Mr Swanbridge.
My arm's getting awfully tired.
but it'll be all right on the night.
- Tea?
- No, thank you.
You found him guilty, of course.
They did. I did not.
Miss Marple, surely...
Remember our play for the renovation
fund, The Lodger's Dilemma?
Unforgettable.
You remember, Mr Stringer,
that the victim in that play
wore a rose to receive her paramour.
He murdered her
and the lodger was blamed.
Exactly. Mrs McGinty
wore a rose on the fatal night.
Oh!
Was it to receive her lodger
when we have no evidence
of any dalliance between them?
- Then she wore it for someone else.
- Her murderer, you think?
- I do.
Excuse me, Mr Stringer.
I'm sorry, but he still keeps
turning away. What can I do?
We'll have to recast him.
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