This was 'Hickson, Joan' 's third appearance in 43 years in a screen adaptation of an Agatha Christie story or novel, following Love from a Stranger (1937) and _Murder, She Said (1961)_ . Hickson subsequently played Christie's character Jane Marple 12 times in 8 years in a series of TV-movies, including the remake of the 1961 film as 4.50 from Paddington (1987) (TV).