In this adaptation there is an additional clue when Miss Marple hears Mozart's Susanna's Aria from the Marriage of Figaro. It was too shabby and worn to be used for the supposed purpose of meeting a boyfriend. The clue of the wrong dress: just as in the original, Miss Marple felt that the dead girl (who at that time was thought to be Ruby Keene) was wearing the wrong dress.In the adaptation, there were white hairs on the dress which the police then matched with hairs on the upholstery in Blake's car (he had burnt the rug). In the original, Blake had to get rid of it because spangles from the dead girl's dress got on to it but the police recovered it and linked it to Blake. The clue of the hearthrug is also repeated.The amount of money left to Ruby was changed from £50,000 to £100,000.Here, there is a non-canonical character, Malcolm, who finds it. There was no mention of the person who found it. This was found in a quarry like in the original novel. Bartlett's car was changed from a Minoan 14 to a Vauxhall Coaster.The character of Superintendent Harper was omitted.
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