Murder, He Says (1945)
Murder, He Says (1945)
DVDRip | MKV | 708x480 | x264 @ 2414 Kbps | English AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps | 94 min | 1,72 Gb
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
DVDRip | MKV | 708x480 | x264 @ 2414 Kbps | English AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps | 94 min | 1,72 Gb
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Director: George Marshall
Writers: Lou Breslow (screen play), Jack Moffitt (story)
Stars: Fred MacMurray, Helen Walker, Marjorie Main
Trotter pollster Pete Marshall is trying to find a missing coworker. In a rural town he stumbles onto the roughian Fleagle family. Bert and Mert would just as soon "splatter" snoopers with their rifles. However, Ma Johnson focuses the family energies on finding cousin Bonnie Fleagle's $70,000 bank job stash, somewhere around the large old rickety house. Claire Matthews, the daughter of a man implicated in Bonnie's bank job, also comes in search of the money to try and clear her father's name. Marshall and Matthews team up to try and decode Grandma Fleagle's strange deathbed clue but with Mr. Johnson attempting to poison people and Bonnie Fleagle showing up herself after a prison escape, it's anybody's guess as to who will find the money first.
Fred MacMurray gives his funniest performance as a pollster who gets tangled up in the plots of maniacal hayseeds in search of stolen money.
The plot is beyond description with so many twists and turns it keeps you guessing. The pacing is brisk and the film is filled with slapstick, in-jokes, puns, and references to other films. This is a very modern, very black comedy, and it's totally hilarious.
MacMurray was always a smooth comedy leading man but here he's outright funny and loose. Helen Walker is also very good as one of the Bonnies. Marjorie Main is hysterical as she prowls around with her whip. Peter Whitney is excellent as the twins. Jean Heather has her best role. Porter Hall is always a treat. And Mabel Paige positively GLOWS as Grandma.
A must see film! And remember: honors flysis, income beezis!!
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Murder, He Says (1945)
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