Name: Murder, He Says
Genre: Horror, Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Released: 1945-06-23
Duration: 91 min
Rating: 6.8
Cast: Fred MacMurray, Helen Walker, Marjorie Main, Jean Heather, Porter Hall

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Pete Marshall is sent as a replacement to the mountain district town of Plainville when a public opinion surveyor who went there goes missing. Visiting the hillbilly family of Mamie Fleagle, Pete begins to suspect that she and her two sons have murdered the surveyor. Pete also believes that Mamie is slowly poisoning wealthy Grandma Fleagle, who has put a vital clue to her fortune in a nonsensical embroidered sampler.

Theatrical

Jun 23, 1945

Director

George Marshall

Writers

Jack Moffitt, Lou Breslow

Producer

E.D. Leshin

Music

Robert Emmett Dolan

Studio

Paramount Pictures

Keywords

small town family secrets treasure hunt stolen money murder missing person surveyor eccentric family hidden money matriarch hillbillies deathbed claim death by poisoning identical twins