Mörderische Leidenschaft

Originaltitel: Murder Is Easy

Fernsehfilm
1982
12
1 Std. 30 Min.

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

IHRE BEWERTUNG

Lesley-Anne Down, Bill Bixby, and Helen Hayes in Mörderische Leidenschaft (1982)

Füge eine Handlung in deiner Sprache hinzuAn American computer expert meets a distraught old lady on a train and she tells him that a homicidal maniac is stalking her quiet little village.An American computer expert meets a distraught old lady on a train and she tells him that a homicidal maniac is stalking her quiet little village.An American computer expert meets a distraught old lady on a train and she tells him that a homicidal maniac is stalking her quiet little village.

Regie
- Claude Whatham
Drehbuch
- Agatha Christie
- Carmen Culver
Hauptbesetzung

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IMDb-BEWERTUNG

6,1/10

1028

IHRE BEWERTUNG

Regie
- Claude Whatham
Drehbuch
- Agatha Christie
- Carmen Culver
Hauptbesetzung

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Für 1 Primetime Emmy nominiert
- 1 Nominierung insgesamt

Wissenswertes
This film was the only film in Bill Bixby's long career that was entirely filmed outside of the United States.

Patzer
At the beginning of the film, Luke Williams is seen in a compartment of a loco hauled train. The shots of the train on the journey alternate between this train and an Intercity HST125 which always used open carriages which did not have compartments.

Zitate
Bridget Conway: [to Miss Waynflete] O why do you walk through fields in gloves O fat white woman whom nobody loves?

Verbindungen
References Jim'll Fix It (1975)

Benutzerrezensionen27

Ausgewählte Rezension

7/10

A solid adaptation of one of Christie's greatest books.

Luke Williams encounters and strikes up a conversation with an elderly lady on a train, she explains that her village is beset by accidental tragedy, and as soon as she departs the station, she is killed in another......accident.

I have to say Murder is Easy is one of my all time favourite Agatha Christie books, I love the characters, I love the witchcraft element, I also love the concept of murder being easy, it is undoubtedly one of Christie's cleverest themes.

I actually like this adaptation, it's one that's grown on me over the years, early on I didn't really care for the modern setting, or the probability theme, but in recent times, I've come to accept them.

I'm surprised by just how much of the book is actually present here, of course there are lots of differences, but the core of the story is very much here, most or the deaths are covered, and they didn't veer too far off the grizzly ends that Christie originally wrote.

The script is a little clunky at times, some of Luke's dialogue doesn't work, but the whole thing is elevated by a wonderful cast, the cast list makes for impressive reading, and fair play the acting is terrific, Bill Bixby, Lesley-Anne Down, Freddie Jones all spot on, and of course there's real Star quality in the form of Olivia del Havilland.

It deserves a remake, it deserves a quality remake, I know one is coming from The BBC/Britbox, I'm intrigued to see what they do with it.

Overall, it's a thumbs up.

7/10.