Margaret Rutherford: Miss Jane Marple
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Quotes
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[the judge has just declared a retrial because the jury cannot agree on a unanimous verdict - it is Miss Marple whose verdict differs from all the other jurors]
Inspector Craddock : [sighing] If ever there was an open-and-shut case, this was it. One member of that jury was being deliberately perverse.
[Miss Marple walks up]
Miss Jane Marple : Many more than one, Inspector, I assure you. Eleven, to be precise.
Police Constable Wells : That woman has made a mockery of my one and only murder.
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Miss Jane Marple : [to Craddock] It may irritate you, Inspector, but sometimes women have superior minds. You'll simply have to accept it.
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[last lines]
Miss Jane Marple : Mr. Cosgood, whatever I may or may not be, I am definitely no angel... Good-bye! Good luck!
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H. Driffold Cosgood : [to Miss Marple] I'll fetch the scripts right away.
[to Ralph]
H. Driffold Cosgood : Ralph, call the theater. Tell them we're rehearsing on stage for a week...
Miss Jane Marple : Mr. Cosgood, I wouldn't think I was anyone's idea of a detective.
H. Driffold Cosgood : Not anyone's, dear Miss Marple, but you're mine. You're certainly mine.
Ralph Summers : ...and mine!
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Miss Jane Marple : He isn't drunk. He's dead.
