A Caribbean Mystery

A Caribbean Mystery

1983 · 88 min · ★ 6.2 · TV Movie, Crime, Thriller, Mystery, Drama

Aging Major Palgrave, an idiosyncratic but charming mystery writer, reveals to Miss Jane Marple that one of the guests at a luxurious Caribbean resort they're staying at is a Bluebeard-type wife murderer. Unfortunately, the Major succumbs to an apparently accidental overdose of alcohol and blood pressure medication before revealing the killer's identity. When it's discovered that the medicine belonged to another guest and the revealing photograph the Major was carrying is missing, Miss Marple realizes that the serial killer has struck again and more murders will follow.

Directed by Robert Michael Lewis · Written by Sue Grafton

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Helen Hayes Miss Jane Marple
Jameson Parker Tim Kendall
Season Hubley Molly Kandall
Cassie Yates Lucky Dyson
Zakes Mokae Cap. Daventry
Stephen Macht Greg Dyson
Beth Howland Evelyn Hillingdon
Lynne Moody Victoria Johnson
George Innes Edward Hillingdon
Brock Peters Dr. Graham
Michael Preston Arthur Jackson
Bernard McDonald Minister

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