Secret of the Blackbirds

Secret of the Blackbirds

97 mins | Thriller, Mystery | Nov. 11, 1983

Mr. Fortescue, owner of a big company, unexpectedly dies. The autopsy shows that he has been poisoned. Nobody actually loved him, and even his family members had their reasons to kill him. But who really did it? And who is responsable for killing his young servant and his wife within the next couple of days? Of course the only person who can answer this question is Ms. Marple. And of course, the murderer is the person you least expected it to be.

Secret of the Blackbirds

97 mins | Thriller, Mystery | Nov. 11, 1983

Secret of the Blackbirds
Mr. Fortescue, owner of a big company, unexpectedly dies. The autopsy shows that he has been poisoned. Nobody actually loved him, and even his family members had their reasons to kill him. But who really did it? And who is responsable for killing his young servant and his wife within the next couple of days? Of course the only person who can answer this question is Ms. Marple. And of course, the murderer is the person you least expected it to be.
IMDb rating 6.5
Producers Mosfilm
Original title Тайна «Черных дроздов»
Directors Vadim Derbenyov
Writers Valentina Kolodyazhnaya, Yelizaveta Smirnova, Agatha Christie

Cast

Ita Ever

as Miss Jane Marple

Vladimir Sedov

as Inspector Neele

Lyubov Polishchuk

as Adele Fortescue

Yuri Belyayev

as Percival Fortescue

Yelena Sanayeva

as Jennifer Fortescue

Andrey Kharitonov

as Lance Fortescue

Yelena Ivochkina

as Ellen

Elza Radzina

as Miss Ramsbotten

Boris Novikov

as Mr. Crump

Mariya Barabanova

as Mrs. MacKenzie

Lembit Ulfsak

as Gerald Wright

Irina Mazurkevich

as Gladys Martin

Aleksandr Pyatkov

as Sergeant Hay

Nina Agapova

as Mrs. Griffith

Vladimir Zeldin

as Kommissar

Yuriy Moroz

as o.A.

Tamara Nosova

as Mrs. Crump

Vsevolod Sanayev

as Mr. Rex Fortescue