Murder!

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Murder!

1930,

1h 32m,

Mystery & Thriller

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80%

15 Reviews

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38%

1,000+ Ratings

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38%

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Actress Edna Druce is found dead, and fellow thespian Diana Baring can't explain why she's holding the murder weapon. Diana seems destined for conviction and the death penalty, but juror Sir John Menier thinks she's innocent. An actor himself, Sir John collects clues and revisits the crime scene in an attempt to clear Diana, but his noble efforts might finger another performer with ties to Edna and Diana's touring company.

Dave Kehr

Chicago Reader

Mar 20, 2012

It remains a crucial insight into the development of one of the cinema's greatest artists, and so, essential viewing.

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Variety Staff

Variety

Jul 6, 2010

Well photographed and mounted, it contains all the gadgets of the pet Alfred Hitchcock technique, from quick cutting to skillful dialog blending.

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

May 25, 2024

2/4

...there’s just so much filler here, ultimately...

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Hugh Castle

Close Up

Jan 21, 2021

Hitchcock's moments justify themselves. Obviously Murder had its moments. It may not achieve real unity, but it comes nearer than any of its homemade competitors.

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Lauren Humphries-Brooks

Citizen Dame

Aug 29, 2019

It's almost as though Hitchcock is having us all on, deliberately testing his audience's willingness to continue watching filmed play about people who cannot stop acting like their life is a theatrical construction.

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Nathanael Hood

Nate Hood Reviews

Apr 11, 2019

5/10

A strange civilian policier-cum-whodunit, Hitchcock seems bored by his material...

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Luke P

Oct 31, 2018

It's an intriguing movie, the simple fact of seeing menier as a kind of detective is interesting and of course the film has the characteristic hitchcock style.

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Rey M

Sep 8, 2018

Part courtroom drama, part crime procedural, all Hitchcock. The actors and the story are a little melodramatic, but that was pretty typical of this era. This suspenseful mystery also weaves in some humor, which occasionally works. This is a middle-of-the-road thriller.

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Abraham G

Nov 11, 2017

Stepping up production, cinematography, and acting qualities, this is perhaps instrumental in the beginning of a style Hitchcock only mastered not too long after. The film itself sometimes drags on, though the presentation itself is about the only thing to keep you following it from scene to scene.

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Synopsis

Actress Edna Druce is found dead, and fellow thespian Diana Baring can't explain why she's holding the murder weapon. Diana seems destined for conviction and the death penalty, but juror Sir John Menier thinks she's innocent. An actor himself, Sir John collects clues and revisits the crime scene in an attempt to clear Diana, but his noble efforts might finger another performer with ties to Edna and Diana's touring company.

Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Producer: John Maxwell
Production Co: British International Pictures
Genre: Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 24, 1930, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 10, 2015
Runtime: 1h 32m

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