3 Movies Starring Margaret Rutherford

Blithe Spirit

Blithe Spirit

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1945-05-14

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

96 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (3301 Reviews)

Director:

David Lean

Cast:

Writer:

David Lean (adapted for the screen by)

Ronald Neame (adapted for the screen by)

Anthony Havelock-Allan (adapted for the screen by)

Fullplot:

To get background for a new book, author Charles and his second wife Ruth light-heartedly arrange for local mystic Madame Arcati to give a sèance. The unfortunate result is that Charles' first wife Elvira returns from beyond the grave to make his life something of a misery. Ruth too gets increasingly irritated with her supernatural rival, but M.Arcati is at her wit's end as to how to sort things out.

Murder at the Gallop

Murder at the Gallop

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1963-12-01

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

81 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (3337 Reviews)

Director:

George Pollock

Cast:

Writer:

James P. Cavanagh (screenplay)

Agatha Christie (novel)

Fullplot:

The old and wealthy Mr. Enderby dies of a heart attack but the ever suspicious Miss Marple has her doubts. Who or what gave him a heart attack? Enderby's poor relatives gather at the The Gallop, a combined boarding-house and riding school. Miss Marple also gets there to find out if any of them had any particular reasons to see him dead.

Chimes at Midnight

Chimes at Midnight

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1967-03-17

Languages:

English

Countries:

France, Spain, Switzerland

Runtime:

115 min

IMDB Ratings:

(4293 Reviews)

Director:

Orson Welles

Cast:

Writer:

William Shakespeare (plays)

Raphael Holinshed (book)

Orson Welles

Fullplot:

Sir John Falstaff is the hero in this compilation of extracts from Shakespeare's 'Henry IV' and other plays, made into a connected story of Falstaff's career as young Prince Hal's drinking companion. The massive knight roisters with and without the prince, philosophizes comically, goes to war (in his own fashion), and meets his final disappointment, set in a real-looking late-medieval England.

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