Comedy ·Mystery · United States of America · 1946 · 1h 30m

Home Sweet Homicide

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Director
Lloyd Bacon
Cast
Peggy Ann Garner as Dinah Carstairs Randolph Scott as Lt. Bill Smith Lynn Bari as Marian Carstairs Dean Stockwell as Archie Carstairs Connie Marshall as April Carstairs James Gleason as Sgt. O'Hare
Crew
John F. Seitz — Director of Photography Louis R. Loeffler — Editor David Buttolph — Original Music Composer F. Hugh Herbert — Screenplay Craig Rice — Novel Louis D. Lighton — Producer
Tagline

MYSTERY FICTION COMES TO LIFE...WITH LAUGHING, BAFFLING SUSPENSE!

Synopsis

Mystery writer Marian Carstairs is hard at work trying to finish her latest novel. Her three children meanwhile are entertaining themselves by trying to solve a murder in their own neighborhood. In between gathering clues, the kids play matchmaker by trying to fix up their widowed mom with the handsome detective investigating the case.

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Key Collaborators
Lloyd Bacon Director John F. Seitz Director of Photography Louis R. Loeffler Editor David Buttolph Original Music Composer F. Hugh Herbert Screenplay Craig Rice Novel Louis D. Lighton Producer Kay Nelson Costume Design
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