Murder, He Says (1945)
91 min
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.
- Release date
- June 23, 1945
- Country of origin
- United States
Trailer
Cast
- Fred MacMurray as Pete Marshall
- Helen Walker as Claire Matthews
- Marjorie Main as Mamie Fleagle Smithers Johnson
- Jean Heather as Elany Fleagle
- Porter Hall as Mr. Johnson
- Peter Whitney as Mert Fleagle
- Peter Whitney as Bert Fleagle
- Mabel Paige as Grandma Fleagle
- Barbara Pepper as Bonnie Fleagle
- Harry Allen as Old Deaf Townsman
- Walter Baldwin as Vic Hardy
Crew
- George Marshall · Director
- Lou Breslow · Writer
- Jack Moffitt · Writer
- George Marshall · Producer
- Theodor Sparkuhl · Cinematographer
- LeRoy Stone · Editor