Although the evidence appears to be overwhelming in the strangulation murder of a blackmailer, Miss Marple's sole 'not guilty' vote han gs the jury 11-1. She becomes convinced that the real murderer is a member of a local theatrical troupe, so she joins them in order to gather information. The clues lead back many years to a single disastrously unsuccessful 1951 performance of a dreadful play written by the group's hammy director, H. Driffold Cosgood. Although at that time, several of the current cast members were only children, more murders follow before Miss Marple ultimately exposes the killer.　(🐺)　英(yīng )国影片(💽)。片长90分，根(gēn )據Mrs. McGinty's Dead改編(✉)，原著(📐)是波(bō )羅故事(🙈)。因影(🐆)片将主角变为(👎)马普尔小姐和剧(🚁)情(qíng )的更改引起原小說(shuō )作者(⬛)克里斯蒂(dì )强(🗄)烈不满(mǎn )，影(yǐng )片本身也遭遇(🐋)票房和评论(lùn )惨(🗣)败。主演(yǎn )Margaret Rutherford还出演過另外3部以(yǐ )马普尔小姐为主(🥖)角(jiǎo )的电(⏲)影(🚑)，其(📠)中1部(bù )亦是根据波洛故事(🗝)改编(「葬礼之后」)，另1部是原创(🛹)剧本(běn )(🐕)。80年代在多(🚒)部电视(shì )剧中(zhōng )扮演(yǎn )塔彭丝的(♓)Francesca Annis也(yě )在本片中扮演(📛)一(yī )个小角(jiǎo )色。