Murder Will Out (1939 film)

Murder Will Out
Frederick Burtwell, Crystal Parzik and Jack Hawkins
Directed by	Roy William Neill
Written by	Austin Melford Brock Williams Derek Twist
Story by	Roy William Neill
Produced by	Roy William Neill
Starring	John Loder Jane Baxter Jack Hawkins
Production company	Warner Bros. First National Productions
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date	August 1939 (1939-08) [1]
Running time	66 minutes[1]
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Budget	£17,319[2]
Box office	£13,349[2]

Murder Will Out is a 1939 British crime film directed by Roy William Neill, starring John Loder, Jane Baxter and Jack Hawkins, and released by Warner Brothers.^[3]

The film is classed as "missing, believed lost" and is included on the British Film Institute's "75 Most Wanted" list of missing British feature films.^[1]

Plot summary

A jade collector is given a piece by a friend, but it soon brings trouble on his shoulders.

Cast

• John Loder as Dr. Paul Raymond
• Jane Baxter as Pamela Raymond
• Jack Hawkins as Stamp
• Hartley Power as Campbell
• Peter Croft as Nigel
• Frederick Burtwell as Morgan
• William Hartnell as Dick
• Ian McLean as Inspector

Critical reception

TV Guide wrote, "could have been a good film had more effort been placed in developing the plot; as it is, it's almost impossible to figure out what is going on."^[4]

References

1. "Murder Will Out / BFI Most Wanted". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 3 August 2012.
2. Steve Chibnall (2019) Hollywood-on-Thames: the British productions ofWarner Bros. – First National, 1931–1945, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, 39:4, pp 687-724, DOI: 10.1080/01439685.2019.1615292 at p 713
3. "Murder Will Out (1939)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 14 January 2009.
4. "Murder Will Out". TVGuide.com.

External links

• BFI 75 Most Wanted entry, with extensive notes
• Murder Will Out at IMDb