

Murder, He Says
1945 · Movie · 1h 31m
ComedyMysteryCrimeHorror
Overview
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.
Ratings
IMDb
6.9/10
Key crew
- George MarshallDirector
- Lou BreslowScreenplay
- Robert Emmett DolanOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Fred MacMurrayPete Marshall
- Helen WalkerClaire Matthews
- Marjorie MainMamie Fleagle Smithers Johnson
- Jean HeatherElany Fleagle
- Porter HallMr. Johnson
- Peter WhitneyMert Fleagle / Bert Fleagle
- Mabel PaigeGrandma Fleagle
- Barbara PepperBonnie Fleagle
- Francis FordLee - Old Townsman (uncredited)
- Harry AllenOld Deaf Townsman (uncredited)
- Si Jenks80-Year-Old Townsman (uncredited)
- Walter BaldwinVic Hardy (uncredited)
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Themes
small townstolen moneytreasure huntfamily secretsmurdermissing personsurveyoreccentric familyhidden moneymatriarchhillbilliesdeathbed claim























