Murder with Mirrors

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Murder with Mirrors is a 1985 TV movie based on an Agatha Christie mystery novel They Do It with Mirrors. The film is set in a youth detention centre run by a charitable American educationalist in England.

It stars Helen Hayes as Miss Marple and Bette Davis as her old American friend from their days touring Italy as young ladies. Miss Marple is called on to investigate possible causes of her friend's deteriorating healh. However, as Miss Marple keeps her friend company, her attention is soon diverted as she stumbles over a dead body. A murder is at large in a house of suspects and a race against time begins.

The film marks Helen Hayes' last appearance as Miss Marple. There is a more recent dramatisation with Joan Hickson as Miss Marple adopting the title of the novel "They Do It With Mirrors".