At a wryly comic Vicarage luncheon, the Vicar grumbles about Colonel Protheroe while Mary bangs dishes and Griselda…

The Vicar attempts to work in his study but is waylaid by the dreamy Lettice Protheroe and later by his curate, Hawes.…

After tea, the Vicar and Griselda share playful banter before he heads to church. There he meets the enigmatic Mrs.…

At a bungled Vicarage dinner, Lawrence Redding masks anxiety before steering the Vicar into a private study talk about…

Returning to the Vicarage just before seven, the Vicar encounters a shaken Lawrence Redding who flees.…

At the Vicarage after the murder, Clement broods over the puzzling clock while Griselda goes to comfort Anne Protheroe.…

Colonel Melchett visits the Vicarage to discuss Lawrence Redding’s sudden confession. He and Clement then call on Dr.…

At the police station, Lawrence Redding calmly confesses to killing Colonel Protheroe, but his hesitations—especially…

Melchett and the Vicar visit Miss Marple, who serenely recounts seeing Anne Protheroe meet Lawrence Redding in the…

Melchett and the Vicar briefly inspect Redding’s studio and confirm its single entrance.…

In the Vicar’s study, Melchett and Slack argue over Redding’s confession versus medical timing.…

Melchett confronts Lawrence Redding, who recounts finding Protheroe’s body and impulsively pocketing his own pistol…

At the police station, Mrs. Price Ridley reports a menacing anonymous call and, in her agitation, recalls hearing a…

The Vicar escapes Miss Hartnell’s bluster and is drawn into Dr. Haydock’s surgery, where Haydock airs unsettling views…

The Vicar, troubled by Hawes’s agitated visit and moral questions about reporting Archer, sets off to see Mrs.…

The Vicar walks with Inspector Slack, who speculates about blackmail and questions Manning the chauffeur.…

Inspector Slack visits the Vicar in the morning with new findings: the fake summons call came from Old Hall’s empty…

The inquest at the Blue Boar proceeds briskly: witnesses recount timings, Dr.…

The Vicar visits Lawrence Redding’s cottage, where Redding worries about suspicion and the stolen pistol.…

Back at the Vicarage, a comic domestic crisis erupts as Mary threatens to quit over Lettice Protheroe’s criticism; the…

At tea in Miss Marple’s drawing room, witty sparring with her nephew, novelist Raymond West, turns to the village…

Slack orders a discreet search for the impostor’s suitcase near the barrow.…

Clement doubles back to the barrow path, reasons out a hidden trail, and discovers Miss Cram’s suitcase concealed in…

Clement returns to the Vicarage and finds Hawes in a nervous state, asking him to preach that evening.…

Clement, still troubled by an anonymous letter, drifts to the police station where Miss Cram denies involvement and…

The Vicar delivers an uncharacteristically fiery sermon that grips a packed congregation.…

Colonel Melchett drops by the Vicarage on his way home. Over drinks in the study, he reveals expert confirmation that…

Late at night, the Vicar hurries to Hawes’s lodgings, finds him asleep with sedatives nearby, and discovers a crumpled…

Melchett arrives at Hawes’s lodgings, finds him drugged, and urgently summons Dr. Haydock after a wrong-number mishap.…

Miss Marple calmly dismantles the case against Hawes and names Lawrence Redding as the true architect, laying out a…

Miss Marple proposes a precise telephone trap to unsettle Lawrence Redding by hinting someone witnessed the cachet…

The trap works: Redding’s late-night visit to Anne is overheard by police, confirming Miss Marple’s deductions.…