Marina Gregg, a Hollywood celebrity actress and her husband Jason Rudd buy over Gossington Hall from Dolly Bantry and move in, creating a stir among the villagers of St. Mary Mead.
Angela Lansbury as Miss Jane Marple Elizabeth Taylor as Marina Gregg-Rudd Rock Hudson as Jason Rudd Tony Curtis as Martin “Marty” N. Fenn Kim Novak as Lola Brewster Geraldine Chaplin as Ella Zielinsky Edward Fox as Inspector Dermot Craddock Charles Gray as Bates, the butler Richard Pearson as Doctor Haydock Wendy Morgan as Cherry Margaret Courtenay as Mrs Dolly Bantry Marella Oppenheim as Margot Bence Maureen Bennett as Heather Babcock Carolyn Pickles as Miss Giles Charles Lloyd-Pack as the Vicar Eric Dodson as the Major Peter Woodthorpe as the Scoutmaster Thick Wilson as the Mayor Pat Nye as the Mayoress Lewis Alexander as Man at Coroners Inquest Jerry Baker as First Ambulance Man Stephen Boswell as Mr. Rudd's 1st Assistant Director Pierce Brosnan as Actor playing 'Jamie' Les Conrad as Party Guest John Dalby as Bandmaster Bill Dean as 1st Man in Village Hall Jack Dearlove as Party Guest John Doye as Party Guest Frank Ellis as Policeman Gerry Judge as Party Guest Cyril Kent as Villager at Film Screening John Ketteringham as Film Technician Sam Kydd as Film Technician Charles Lamb as 2nd Man in Village Hall Richard Leech as Director of Photography Derek Lyons as Queen's Guard Angus MacKay as Coroner Ann Nelson as Party Guest Robert Raglan as Villager Llewellyn Rees as Villager at Film Screening Mike Reynell as Party Guest Bunny Seaman as Dresser Rita Tobin-Weske as Villager at Film Screening Reg Turner as Second Ambulance Man Del Watson as Villager Norman Wooland as Medical Examiner Anthony Steel as Sir Derek Ridgeley Dinah Sheridan as Lady Amanda Ridgeley Oriane Grieve as Kate Ridgeley Kenneth Fortescue as Charles Foxwell Hildegard Neil as Lady Foxcroft Allan Cuthbertson as Peter Montrose George Silver as Da Silva John Bennett as Barnsby Nigel Stock as Inspector Gates