Murder Will Out (1939 film)
Appearance
Murder Will Out | |
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Directed by | Roy William Neill |
Written by | Austin Melford Brock Williams Derek Twist |
Story by | Roy William Neill |
Produced by | Roy William Neill |
Starring | John Loder Jane Baxter Jack Hawkins |
Production company | Warner Bros. First National Productions |
Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
Release date |
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Running time | 66 minutes[1] |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Murder Will Out is a 1939 British crime film directed by Roy William Neill, starring John Loder, Jane Baxter and Jack Hawkins, and released by Warner Brothers.[2]
The film is classed as "missing, believed lost" and is included on the British Film Institute's "75 Most Wanted" list of missing British feature films.[1]
Plot summary
A jade collector is given a piece by a friend, but it soon brings trouble on his shoulders.
Cast
- John Loder as Dr. Paul Raymond
- Jane Baxter as Pamela Raymond
- Jack Hawkins as Stamp
- Hartley Power as Campbell
- Peter Croft as Nigel
- Frederick Burtwell as Morgan
- William Hartnell as Dick
- Ian McLean as Inspector
Critical reception
TV Guide wrote, "could have been a good film had more effort been placed in developing the plot; as it is, it's almost impossible to figure out what is going on."[3]
References
- ^ a b c "Murder Will Out / BFI Most Wanted". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 3 August 2012.
- ^ "Murder Will Out (1939)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 14 January 2009.
- ^ "Murder Will Out". TVGuide.com.
External links
- BFI 75 Most Wanted entry, with extensive notes
- Murder Will Out at IMDb
Categories:
- 1939 films
- 1939 crime drama films
- British crime drama films
- British black-and-white films
- Films directed by Roy William Neill
- Lost British films
- 1939 lost films
- Warner Bros. films
- Films shot at Teddington Studios
- 1930s English-language films
- 1930s British films
- Lost crime drama films
- English-language crime drama films
- 1930s British film stubs
- 1930s crime drama film stubs