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Grand Central Murder

  • 1942
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  • 1h 13min
PUNTUACIÓN EN IMDb
6,5/10
1,2 mil
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Van Heflin, Patricia Dane, Virginia Grey, Sam Levene, and Cecilia Parker in Grand Central Murder (1942)
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Añade un argumento en tu idiomaA New York private eye works the puzzle of an actress found slain in a Grand Central Station railway car.A New York private eye works the puzzle of an actress found slain in a Grand Central Station railway car.A New York private eye works the puzzle of an actress found slain in a Grand Central Station railway car.

  • Dirección
    • S. Sylvan Simon
  • Guión
    • Peter Ruric
    • Sue MacVeigh
  • Reparto principal
    • Van Heflin
    • Patricia Dane
    • Cecilia Parker
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  • PUNTUACIÓN EN IMDb
    6,5/10
    1,2 mil
    TU PUNTUACIÓN
    • Dirección
      • S. Sylvan Simon
    • Guión
      • Peter Ruric
      • Sue MacVeigh
    • Reparto principal
      • Van Heflin
      • Patricia Dane
      • Cecilia Parker
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    • 11Reseñas de críticos
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    Grand Central Murder
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    Reparto principal38

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    Van Heflin
    Van Heflin
    • 'Rocky' Custer
    Patricia Dane
    Patricia Dane
    • Mida King
    Cecilia Parker
    Cecilia Parker
    • Constance Furness
    Virginia Grey
    Virginia Grey
    • Sue Custer
    Samuel S. Hinds
    Samuel S. Hinds
    • Roger Furness
    Sam Levene
    Sam Levene
    • Inspector Gunther
    Connie Gilchrist
    Connie Gilchrist
    • Pearl Delroy
    Mark Daniels
    Mark Daniels
    • David V. Henderson
    Stephen McNally
    Stephen McNally
    • 'Turk'
    • (as Horace McNally)
    Tom Conway
    Tom Conway
    • Frankie Ciro
    Betty Wells
    Betty Wells
    • 'Baby' Delroy
    George Lynn
    George Lynn
    • Paul Rinehart
    Roman Bohnen
    Roman Bohnen
    • Ramon
    Millard Mitchell
    Millard Mitchell
    • Arthur Doolin
    Norman Abbott
    Norman Abbott
    • Whistling Messenger
    • (sin acreditar)
    Evalene Bankston
    • Blonde
    • (sin acreditar)
    Arthur Q. Bryan
    • Medical Examiner
    • (sin acreditar)
    John Butler
    John Butler
    • Train Conductor
    • (sin acreditar)
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      • S. Sylvan Simon
    • Guión
      • Peter Ruric
      • Sue MacVeigh
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    9Jim Tritten

    No wasted time

    Excellent 1940's era comedy/who-done-it played out as a series of flashbacks in response to the detective's questions. Good dialog is complemented by unusual use of lights and interesting shots of characters in and amongst trains. Everyone had a motive, most everyone the opportunity, but only the private detective knows how murder was committed. The killer is trapped into revealing him/herself.

    Unusual casting. Van Heflin and Virginia Grey appear to be playing Nick and Nora Charles – she only gets one good set of lines and he is nowhere as dapper as William Powell. Connie Gilchrist is excellent as the maid. Tom Conway is miscast but casting of police is excellent. No wasted time in this tight mystery. Highly recommended.
    6blanche-2

    B movie mystery with a good cast

    Van Heflin brings flair to "Grand Central Murder," a 1942 B movie from MGM about a golddigging musical comedy star (Patricia Dane) who winds up dead in the private car of a train.

    The suspects include a escaped prisoner named Turk, (Stephen McNally, here billed as Horace McNally) and an on and off boyfriend played by Tom Conway, etc.

    Heflin plays Rocky, a detective who was hired to get evidence so that Turk can get a new trial. At the time of the murder, Rocky and his wife Butch (a young Virginia Grey) were around the murder scene.

    Rocky and the police lieutenant assigned to the case (Sam Levene) attempt to solve the murder while at loggerheads with one another. Each character tells his or her story in flashback.

    This film moves fairly quickly but is ultimately let down by a preposterous denouement. The acting, however, when it isn't great is at least interesting. Heflin is superb - sharp, smart, and funny as Rocky.

    Sam Levene gets a bad rap for his performance - yes, the director needed to tone him down. Levene was an accomplished Broadway actor and was giving basically a stage performance.

    Patricia Dane, once married to orchestra leader Tommy Dorsey, is pretty and talks like Jean Harlow, particularly when Harlow would try to sound upper class.

    Dane didn't get much chance at developing her potential once she told off an MGM executive. In this role, she comes off as cheap and annoying, which is right for the part.

    Fairly enjoyable especially for Heflin.
    6AlsExGal

    This time the Thin Man has curly hair...

    ... and this being a B MGM picture, Van Heflin as Rocky Custer is the civilian sleuth helping the rather befuddled detectives solve a murder, not William Powell.

    The picture starts out with a man convicted of murder escaping his police escorts and calling his accuser (Patricia Dane as Mida King), a headliner in a Broadway show. He tells her she doesn't have long to live, and terrified, she leaves in the middle of the show to lock herself in her private railway car. Later she is found dead and, at first, presumed raped.

    Unlike the Thin Man movies though, this film rounds up all of the suspects first, and then through them telling their stories in flashback do we find out that Mida was really a pretty awful person and that each person there does have a reason to have killed her. She has been walking on people since the day she hit puberty, and was about to hit her big score in a man with seven million dollars, already planning her Reno divorce before she is even married. The murderer may be guilty of homicide and deserve to go to the chair, but he is probably also eligible for the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian award for disposing of this completely amoral person. Also unlike the Thin Man films, Rocky Custer, our civilian sleuth, and his wife/assistant are also suspects and therefore herded with the others.

    The group of suspects is herded from an interview room, to the theatre where Mida worked, and finally to the private car and murder scene itself, usually by Rocky artfully goading and manipulating head detective Gunther (Sam Levene). What is taking so much time here besides the fact that everybody had reason to be glad Mida is dead? The medical examiner is having a terrible time figuring out what exactly killed her.

    Having the entire group together the whole time makes the film a bit claustrophobic, but the flashbacks help with that some. Van Heflin is just great here, and stands head and shoulders above the cast with his performance, not that the others are bad. He just takes what could have been a somewhat dull B picture and brings out the best in the other characters, making it almost an A production. Do pay attention to the dialogue - it is fast, furious, and most of it is consequential to the plot. It is easy to miss something.

    Just one more comment - somebody in the comment section said that this was a remake of Murder in the Private Car. They share absolutely no similarity in plot other than the fact that railroads are involved. Recommended.
    7edwagreen

    Worth Waiting for Train Murder-Grand Central Murder ***

    In the same year that Van Heflin won the supporting Oscar for "Johnny Eager," he gave another wonderful performance as a comedic investigator involved up to his head in a murder mystery.

    Mida King has it all. She is a Broadway star who is about to marry a millionaire before dumping him and cashing in on all that money.

    Involved with a mob figure, (Steve McNally) in an unusually restrained performance, King, played by Patricia Dane, meets an untimely end as the film is the usual who did it with comic overtones.

    Besides Heflin, Connie Gilchrist shines as the maid. Her Brooklyn accent suits her well here and she is forever endearing in the part.

    Sam Levene, as the police detective, caught up in this mayhem does a fine job here.

    This film is definitely well worth watching. Look for wonderful comic timing by Heflin.
    Doylenf

    Van Heflin shines in B-who-dun-it...crisp and fast-moving...

    When a not so sympathetic victim (Patricia Dane) is murdered in a private side car at Grand Central Station, detective Van Heflin and a crusty inspector (Sam Levene) join forces to solve the case. A neat little mystery yarn, this was an above average B-picture from MGM that gave us an early glimpse of Van Heflin, a young actor who was certainly blessed with enormous talent. Virginia Grey, Stephen McNally, Samuel S. Hinds, Connie Gilchrist, Tom Conway and Millard Mitchell are fine in supporting roles and the ending comes as a satisfying, if not probable, conclusion.

    This is the sort of film that played the lower half of a double bill when released in 1942, but even then it was praised as an above average thriller. It moves at a swift pace and is guaranteed to hold your interest.

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      When Custer tells Inspector Gunther he plays "Spit in the Ocean," that refers to a card game that is a variation of draw poker.
    • Citas

      Mida King, Stage Name of Beulah Toohey: Where were you raised? Didn't anyone ever tell you its bad luck to whistle in a dressing room?

      Whistling Messenger: I'm sorry miss, I... I was raised in a cattle boat, where folks whistle when they feel like it, including the cows!

    • Créditos adicionales
      The following message is included during ending credits: "America needs your money. Buy defense bonds and stamps every pay day."
    • Conexiones
      Edited from La melodía de Broadway 1936 (1935)
    • Banda sonora
      Broadway's Still Broadway
      (uncredited)

      Music by Harry Revel

      Lyrics by Ted Fetter

      Sung by Connie Gilchrist in a burlesque show and danced by a chorus

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    • Fecha de lanzamiento
      • mayo de 1942 (Estados Unidos)
    • País de origen
      • Estados Unidos
    • Idioma
      • Inglés
    • Títulos en diferentes países
      • Mordet på centralen
    • Localizaciones del rodaje
      • Times Square, Manhattan, Nueva York, Nueva York, Estados Unidos(opening establishing shot)
    • Empresa productora
      • Loew's
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    • Duración
      • 1h 13min(73 min)
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Relación de aspecto
      • 1.37 : 1

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