Murder!
Who killed Edna Druce?
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Budget
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Director
Actors
Herbert Marshall, Edward Chapman, Esme Percy, Norah Baring, Phyllis Konstam, Marie Wright, Miles Mander, Gus McNaughton, Donald Calthrop, S. J. Warmington
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Producer
John Maxwell
Camera operator
Composer
John Reynders
Artist
Peter Proud
Audition
Editing
Rene Marrison
Whole Team (15)
Whole Team (15)
Short description
When actress Diana Baring is found in a daze beside her colleague’s murdered body, all evidence points to her guilt. During the trial, juror Sir John Menier doubts the verdict, but yields to pressure. Haunted by remorse, he launches his own investigation.
What's left behind the scenes
- The scene in which Sir John, played by Herbert Marshall (1890-1966), contemplates in front of a mirror had to be filmed with the participation of an orchestra of thirty people located right next to the set, as it proved impossible to add the sound later.
- Herbert Marshall's first role in a sound film.
- Hitchcock’s innovation lay in voicing the hero’s thoughts for the first time on the soundtrack.
- The scene in which Sir John, played by Herbert Marshall (1890-1966), reflects aloud in front of a mirror had to be filmed with a thirty-piece orchestra positioned right next to the set, as it proved impossible to overlay the sound later.
- Hitchcock's cameo – a man walking past the scene of the crime.
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