Secret of the Blackbirds
Seen it?1983 | 92 min | Mystery, Thriller, Crime
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With almost no lasting buzz and soft box office, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- One for anyone who likes to solve it before the characters do and readers who like to compare the book and the screen version. It plays fair with the clues, so you can play along. Fans of Evil Under the Sun should feel right at home. Adapted from a book, so readers can compare notes.
- The mood
- Tense, gritty.
- The pace
- Fast-moving, at 1 hr 32 min.
- What might put you off
- It's in Russian, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
- Not ideal if you just want to unwind.
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.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 2K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Vadim Derbenyov
- Ita EverMiss Marple
- Vladimir Sedovinspector Neele
- Vsevolod SanayevGeorge Fortescue
- Lyubov PolishchukAdele Fortescue
- Yuri BelyayevPersival Fortescue
- Yelena SanayevaJennifer Fortescue
- Andrey KharitonovLance Fortescue
- Natalya DanilovaPatricia Fortescue
- Yelena IvochkinaElaine Fortescue
- Elza Radziņamiss Effie Ramsbottom