Murder Is News
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Murder Is News | |
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Directed by | Leon Barsha |
Written by | (writer) |
Produced by | (producer) |
Starring | See below |
Cinematography | George Meehan |
Edited by | |
Production companies | Central Films Kenneth J. Bishop Productions |
Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release date | December 1937 (UK)[citation needed] March 1, 1939 (USA) (premiere) |
Running time | 55 minutes |
Countries | Canada United States |
Language | English |
Murder Is News is a 1937 Canadian-American mystery film directed by Leon Barsha.
Plot summary[]
A rich businessman is murdered at his townhouse the night his wife plans to divorce him and marry a high-powered lawyer. One of four Quota Quickies directed by Leon Barsha for the British market in Victoria, B.C., during the summer and fall of 1937.
Cast[]
- John Gallaudet as Jerry Tracy
- Iris Meredith as Ann Leslie
- George McKay as Brains McGillicuddy
- John Hamilton as David Corning
- as Tony Peyden
- as Edgar Drake
- Doris Lloyd as Pauline Drake
- as Fred Hammer
- Colin Kenny as Insp. Fitzgerald
- as R.A. Snyder
External links[]
- Murder Is News at IMDb
- Murder Is News is available for free download at the Internet Archive
Categories:
- English-language films
- 1937 films
- Canadian films
- American films
- American mystery films
- American black-and-white films
- Films directed by Leon Barsha
- Canadian mystery films
- Canadian black-and-white films
- 1937 mystery films
- Mystery film stubs