本片由迪克·劳瑞  执导,邀请演员海伦·海丝  贝蒂·戴维斯  约翰·米尔斯  弗朗西斯·德·拉·图瓦  Liane  Langland  出演的恐怖片类型电影，讲述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.