Murder, He Says (1945)
1h 31m
Running Time
June 23, 1945Release Date
Murder, He Says (1945)
1h 31m
Running Time
June 23, 1945Release Date
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Plot.
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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Cast & Crew.
Fred MacMurray
Pete Marshall
Helen Walker
Claire Matthews
Marjorie Main
Mamie Fleagle Smithers Johnson
Jean Heather
Elany Fleagle
Peter Whitney
Mert Fleagle / Bert Fleagle
George Marshall
Director
Lou Breslow
Writer
Mabel Paige
Grandma Fleagle
Barbara Pepper
Bonnie Fleagle
Jack Moffitt
Writer
Theodor Sparkuhl
Cinematographer
Francis Ford
Lee - Old Townsman (uncredited)
LeRoy Stone
Editor
Harry Allen
Old Deaf Townsman (uncredited)
Si Jenks
80-Year-Old Townsman (uncredited)
Porter Hall
Mr. Johnson
Walter Baldwin
Vic Hardy (uncredited)
Jimmie Dundee
Hardy Sympathizer (uncredited)
Milton Parsons
Hardy Sympathizer (uncredited)
Tom Fadden
Sheriff Murdock (uncredited)
James Flavin
Police Officer (uncredited)
Joel Friedkin
Little Man (uncredited)
Jerry James
F.B.I. Man (uncredited)
William Meader
F.B.I. Man (uncredited)
George McKay
Storekeeper (uncredited)
Arthur Hunnicutt
Townsman (uncredited)
Ralph Peters
Townsman (uncredited)
Syd Saylor
Townsman (uncredited)
Wally Westmore
Makeup Supervisor
Hans Dreier
Art Direction
Gordon Jennings
Visual Effects
Lothrop B. Worth
Additional Camera
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Wiki.
Murder, He Says is a 1945 American black comedy film directed by George Marshall and starring Fred MacMurray about a murderous rural family and the hapless pollster who becomes entangled in their hunt for a cache of money.
It was filmed in the spring of 1944, but was held back for a year because Paramount had a backlog of product and felt it was more important to get war-related films released first, lest they suddenly become dated by the impending end of combat.