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Plot

A public library at night is the setting for this fast-moving crime caper. George Sanders is a gentleman crook specializing in selling forgeries of rare books. In the company of phony policemen, Sanders enters the library unmolested and pilfers a priceless Shakespeare folio in order to expedite his operation. The criminal's girl friend/accomplice Gail Patrick is willing to go along with the crime until Sanders begins displaying a homicidal streak. She calls in a detective (Richard Denning) to foil the criminal. A murder or two later, Sanders is tracked down amidst the dark, forbidding library shelves. It's no small trick to make a library exciting, but Quiet Please, Murder pulls this off with speed and economy.
MPAA Rating:
Genre(s):
Crime and Mystery,Drama,Thriller
Run Time:
70min.
Distributor(s):
20th Century Fox
Director(s):
John Francis Larkin
Starring:
George Sanders , Gail Patrick , Richard Denning , Lynne Roberts , Sidney Blackmer
Themes:
Perfect Crime
Tone:
Claustrophobic,Forceful,Tense
Keywords:
accomplice [criminal],artifact,book,capture,con/scam,counterfeit,criminal,detective,employment,expert,forgery,friendship,gentleman,girl,killing,library,priceless,profit,public,rare,robbery,romance,security-guard,selling,tracking [following]
Language:
English