Murder, He Says

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Murder, He Says is a 1945 dark screwball comedy-mystery film starring Fred MacMurray as an insurance investigator entangled with a bizarre backwoods family and a hidden fortune.

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instanceOf comedy mystery film
film
screwball comedy film
basedOn story by Lou Breslow
blackAndWhite true
characterPlayedBy Pete Marshall – Fred MacMurray
cinematography Theodor Sparkuhl
countryOfOrigin United States
director George Marshall
distributedIn United States
distributor Paramount Pictures
editor Archie Marshek
era Golden Age of Hollywood
filmFormat 35 mm
genre comedy
crime comedy
mystery
hasFilmRating Approved (Production Code era)
hasTheme crime and deception
eccentric family
hidden fortune
language English
mainCharacter Pete Marshall
musicBy Robert Emmett Dolan
notableFor Fred MacMurray’s comic performance
blend of dark humor and screwball comedy elements
originalLanguage English
plotSummary An insurance investigator becomes entangled with a bizarre backwoods family while searching for a hidden fortune.
producer Howard Benedict
productionCompany Paramount Pictures
releaseDate June 23, 1945
releaseYear 1945
runtimeMinutes 91
screenplayBy Jack Moffitt
Lou Breslow
screenwriter Jack Moffitt
Lou Breslow
setting rural American backwoods
starring Barbara Pepper
Fred MacMurray
Helen Walker
Jean Heather
Mabel Paige
Marjorie Main
Peter Whitney
Porter Hall

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Fred MacMurray notableWork Murder, He Says
Helen Walker notableWork Murder, He Says
George Marshall notableWork Murder, He Says