Clive Owen reveals how an 83-year-old crime movie tricked him into accepting his new role on the TV show Monsieur Spade. Literary detective Sam Spade has been depicted on-screen before, but AMC’s just-premiered series puts an entirely new spin on the iconic sleuth. Starring Owen as Spade, the show imagines the character not as a tough-talking San Francisco gumshoe, but as a retiree who has moved to the south of France, who is called back to action thanks to six brutal murders and the rumored arrival of an old adversary.
Author Agatha Christie 's Miss Marple is one of the most iconic and celebrated literary sleuths of all time. The amateur investigator was first introduced in the 1930 novel Murder at the Vicarage , appearing in 11 subsequent novels up until 1976. The character has been portrayed on the stage, on radio, and for our purposes, on the big and small screen several times since the character's screen debut in 1961. Over the past 60 years, Miss Marple has been portrayed by several actresses, many of whom hail from different parts of the world. To see who did Miss Marple the most justice on screen, scroll below. Updated July 21st, 2022 by George Chrysostomou: Agatha Christie's works are still influencing the industry today and Miss Marple is among her most famous creations. With the Knives Out sequel, Glass Onion , taking the audience back to the genre, it's well worth checking out these classic portrayals of one of the best detectives out there featuring some fantastic Mis...
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