Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder

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Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder

1987- 1987

1 Seasons

2 Episodes

7.4(42 votes)

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Crime

Mystery

Overview

When a young bride moves into a country manor, long repressed childhood memories of witnessing a murder come to the surface.

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14 members

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Joan Hickson

Miss Jane Marple

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Geraldine Alexander

Gwenda Reed

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John Moulder-Brown

Giles Reed

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Frederick Treves

Doctor James Kennedy

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Jean Anderson

Mrs. Fane

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Terrence Hardiman

Walter Fane

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John Bennett

Richard Erskine

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Geraldine Newman

Janet Erskine

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Jack Watson

Mr. Foster

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Joan Scott

Mrs. Cocker

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Jean Heywood

Edith Paget

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Georgine Anderson

Mrs. Hengrave

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Edward Jewesbury

Mr. Sims

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Kenneth Cope

Jackie Afflick

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