The story centers on the five children Rachel and her husband Leo adopted, each of whom harbored resentment toward their mother's controlling nature.
: The eldest daughter. She is devotedly protective of her husband, Philip, who was paralyzed in a car accident. Ordeal by Innocence
: Donald Sutherland (Dr. Calgary), Faye Dunaway (Rachel), Christopher Plummer (Leo). The story centers on the five children Rachel
: An angry young man who works in car sales and deeply resented Rachel for "buying" him from his biological mother. : Donald Sutherland (Dr
: Her son, Jacko Argyle, is arrested, convicted, and sentenced to life imprisonment. He dies in prison from pneumonia six months later.
: The title refers to the medieval practice of "trial by ordeal," where innocence was "proven" by surviving a dangerous test. Here, the "ordeal" is the psychological torture of mutual suspicion.
: A faithful but somewhat overlooked cinematic version with a notable jazz score by Dave Brubeck. 2. 🎭 2007 (Marple Series)