Marple is asked by her lawyer, Christian Gilbranson, to visit his step-mother, Carrie Louise Serrocold, an old friend of Miss Marple's, at her country estate. Carrie's husband, Lewis, confides to Miss Marple that he suspects someone is slowly poisoning his wife, and when Gilbranson visits the mansion, he is mysteriously murdered.
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很喜歡這部電影，因為雖然是講親人離別卻沒有用俗套的特寫鏡頭來渲染悲傷，取而代之的是幾幕遠景拍攝的鏡頭，但在這些鏡頭里面也依然能看出來一切的情緒。這種讓人如鯁在喉但是又不會崩潰到流眼淚的情感最難受也最難消化。