Murder Will Out (1939 film) explained

Murder Will Out
Director:	Roy William Neill
Producer:	Roy William Neill
Story:	Roy William Neill
Starring:	John Loder Jane Baxter Jack Hawkins
Studio:	Warner Bros. First National Productions
Distributor:	Warner Bros.
Runtime:	66 minutes
Country:	United Kingdom
Language:	English

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.^[1]

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.^[2]

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."^[3]

External links

• BFI 75 Most Wanted entry, with extensive notes

Notes and References

1. Web site: Murder Will Out (1939) . https://web.archive.org/web/20090114012703/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/43418 . dead . 2009-01-14 . British Film Institute.
2. Web site: Murder Will Out / BFI Most Wanted . https://web.archive.org/web/20120803092935/http://old.bfi.org.uk/nationalarchive/news/mostwanted/murder-will-out.html . dead . 2012-08-03 . British Film Institute.
3. Web site: Murder Will Out. TVGuide.com.