The Mirror Crack’d

1980

Directed By

Guy Hamilton

Synopsis

Super sleuth Miss Marple sets about solving a mysterious death in the archetypal English village of St. Mary Mead.

The Mirror Crack’d finds Angela Lansbury (Beauty and The Beast) moving from a supporting role in Death on The Nile to centre stage, as she takes on the role of the irrepressible Miss Marple, alongside a cast that numbers Geraldine Chaplin (Doctor Zhivago), Tony Curtis (Some Like It Hot) Edward Fox (Gandhi), Rock Hudson (Pillow Talk), Kim Novak (Vertigo) and Elizabeth Taylor (Cleopatra).

Cast
Angela Lansbury, Elizabeth Taylor, Geraldine Chaplin, Tony Curtis, Edward Fox, Rock Hudson, Kim Novak
Other Credits

Based On The Novel By Agatha Christie

Release Date
24 November 2025
extras
  • New Reflections on Miss Marple: featuring Jean Kwok, Rian Johnson, Matthew Sweet and Mark Aldridge
  • Audio Commentary by Film Historians Howard S. Berger, Steve Mitchell and Nathaniel Thompson
  • Interview with screenwriter Barry Sandler
  • Interview with Angela Lansbury
  • Interview with Producer Richard Goodwin
  • Behind the Scenes Stills Gallery
  • Storyboards Gallery
Restoration Details

The 2025 restoration was made from the original 35mm negative, from which a 4K 16-BIT scan was made.

Colour grading and restoration were completed by Silver Salt Restoration – UK, who dedicated over 200 hours to manually clean and carefully remove sparkle, dirt and scratches.

This project was supervised by Jahanzeb Hayat and Mariana Ledesma at Studiocanal UK.

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