Murder, He Says

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Murder, He Says is a 1945 dark screwball comedy-mystery film starring Fred MacMurray as an insurance investigator entangled with a bizarre backwoods family and a hidden fortune.

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instanceOf comedy mystery film ⓘ
film ⓘ
screwball comedy film ⓘ
basedOn story by Lou Breslow ⓘ
blackAndWhite true ⓘ
characterPlayedBy Pete Marshall – Fred MacMurray ⓘ
cinematography Theodor Sparkuhl ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
director George Marshall ⓘ
distributedIn United States ⓘ
distributor Paramount Pictures ⓘ
editor Archie Marshek ⓘ
era Golden Age of Hollywood ⓘ
filmFormat 35 mm ⓘ
genre comedy ⓘ
crime comedy ⓘ
mystery ⓘ
hasFilmRating Approved (Production Code era) ⓘ
hasTheme crime and deception ⓘ
eccentric family ⓘ
hidden fortune ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainCharacter Pete Marshall ⓘ
musicBy Robert Emmett Dolan ⓘ
notableFor Fred MacMurray’s comic performance ⓘ
blend of dark humor and screwball comedy elements ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
plotSummary An insurance investigator becomes entangled with a bizarre backwoods family while searching for a hidden fortune. ⓘ
producer Howard Benedict ⓘ
productionCompany Paramount Pictures ⓘ
releaseDate June 23, 1945 ⓘ
releaseYear 1945 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 91 ⓘ
screenplayBy Jack Moffitt ⓘ
Lou Breslow ⓘ
screenwriter Jack Moffitt ⓘ
Lou Breslow ⓘ
setting rural American backwoods ⓘ
starring Barbara Pepper ⓘ
Fred MacMurray ⓘ
Helen Walker ⓘ
Jean Heather ⓘ
Mabel Paige ⓘ
Marjorie Main ⓘ
Peter Whitney ⓘ
Porter Hall ⓘ

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Fred MacMurray → notableWork → Murder, He Says ⓘ
Helen Walker → notableWork → Murder, He Says ⓘ
George Marshall → notableWork → Murder, He Says ⓘ