Murder, He Says (1945)

Directed by

George Marshall

Genre

comedy film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 31m

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 35 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A pollster stumbles into a rural home where a crazy family is searching for a hidden stash of money. They keep trying to kill him, but he has to stay alive to find the cash.

darkly comicquirkytensefast-pacedzanyoffbeatsuspensefulslapstick

What happens

Murder, He Says is a 1945 American black comedy horror film directed by George Marshall and starring Fred MacMurray, Helen Walker, and Marjorie Main. The plot follows a murderous rural family and the hapless pollster who becomes entangled in their hunt for a cache of money. Filmed in the spring of 1944, it was held back for a year because Paramount prioritized releasing war-related films first, lest they suddenly become dated by the impending end of combat. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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