Comedy ·Mystery ·Crime ·Horror · United States of America · 1945 · 1h 31m

Murder, He Says

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Director
George Marshall
Cast
Fred MacMurray as Pete Marshall Helen Walker as Claire Matthews Marjorie Main as Mamie Fleagle Smithers Johnson Jean Heather as Elany Fleagle Porter Hall as Mr. Johnson Peter Whitney as Mert Fleagle / Bert Fleagle
Crew
Theodor Sparkuhl — Director of Photography LeRoy Stone — Editor Robert Emmett Dolan — Original Music Composer Lou Breslow — Screenplay Jack Moffitt — Story
Synopsis

Pete Marshall is sent as a replacement to the mountain district town of Plainville when a public opinion surveyor who went there goes missing. Visiting the hillbilly family of Mamie Fleagle, Pete begins to suspect that she and her two sons have murdered the surveyor. Pete then believes that Mamie is slowly poisoning wealthy Grandma Fleagle, who has put a vital clue to her fortune in a nonsensical embroidered sampler.

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Mood & Themes
small townmurder
Key Collaborators
George Marshall Director Theodor Sparkuhl Director of Photography LeRoy Stone Editor Robert Emmett Dolan Original Music Composer Lou Breslow Screenplay Jack Moffitt Story
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