A Pocketful of Rye

United Kingdom, 1987

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Episode of Series “Miss Marple Series”.
In this sinister tale, set in the 1940’s, Miss Marple sets about unravelling the mysterious murder of city financier, Rex Fortesque. When the cause of death is identified as poisoning, suspicion falls on the occupants of the family home, Yew Tree Lodge. But the police are perplexed as the only clue to the murder is a handful of rye in the dead man’s pocket. However, when another murder shortens the life of suspects, the connection with the nursery rhyme “Sing a Song of Sixpence” is all too clear to Miss Marple.

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Credits

director

Guy Slater

producer

George Gallaccio

production company

BBC

Duration

01:40:00:00

Production places
United Kingdom
Production dates
1987

Appears in

Miss Marple Series

Group of items

Miss Marple Series

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

324180

Language

English

Audience classification

PG

Subject categories

Adaptations

Courtroom, Crime, Espionage & Thrillers

Courtroom, Crime, Espionage & Thrillers → Detective and mystery films

Crime, Espionage, Justice, Police & Prisons → Murder

Feature films

Feature films → Feature films - Great Britain

Literature → English literature - Film and video adaptations

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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