In the novel, Angus MacWhirter plays a crucial role. Removing and reworking major characters didn’t always succeed. His constables fill in for Inspector Battle’s constables. An Inspector must be present when the most important lady in the neighborhood gets her head coshed in. Where she doesn’t, the new Inspector Mallard does. Since both Inspector Battle and Angus MacWhirter were done away with, Miss Marple gets many of their lines and observations. If Lady Tressilian were to ring in the middle of the night, Barrett could respond promptly since the bell would be ringing right over her head. We see the wires connecting Lady Tressilian’s bedroom to her maid’s room. Beside getting to ogle the lavish, luxurious house, we even get to see - another key plot point - how it’s wired for servants’ bells. Here? It’s just perfect.īut the cliff views are not OSHA approved Tourists (or locals) wouldn’t ride that little boat across rough, choppy waters in the North Sea. This cove is sheltered enough that not only is it lined with resort hotels, but the ferry is both small and open. Too wide, too rough, too cold, so the swimmer dies of hypothermia, too full of sharks and jellyfish. I could conceive of the murderer swimming across this cove at night whereas there are other English coves where that would be impossible. The location was properly chosen because the cove looks to be swimmable, a key plot point. This area is nicknamed the English Riviera and Zero takes full advantage of the scenic beauty and stunning ocean views. The action takes place at a stately mansion overlooking a cove on the Devon coast. ITV Productions always delivers on the eye-candy and Towards Zero is no exception. Miss Marple fit into Towards Zero surprisingly well, despite some quibbles. Luckily for us all, ITV did Agatha proud with this adaptation. I was pleasantly surprised but after sitting through the atrocious hack-job that was Innocent Lies, anything ITV Productions did to this novel would be acceptable. Quality as a movie on its own: 4 blunt instruments.
Otherwise, it’s surprisingly close, right down to dialog lifted from the novel. That is, Thomas marries Audrey Strange and poor Mary Aldin is left alone. What didn’t was handed over to Neville Strange (weird, wrong, and creepy) and Thomas Royde. Most of his role was rewritten to suit Miss Marple. The other major change was removing Angus MacWhirter.
This film is yet another non-Miss Marple property that ITV Productions reconfigured.
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