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Murder by Invitation

  • 1941
  • Approved
  • 1h 7min
NOTE IMDb
5,8/10
548
MA NOTE
Wallace Ford and Marian Marsh in Murder by Invitation (1941)
Film noirComédieCriminalitéDrameMystèreRomance

Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueA wealthy woman has a murder mystery on her hands when her greedy relatives wind up dead after being invited to her home.A wealthy woman has a murder mystery on her hands when her greedy relatives wind up dead after being invited to her home.A wealthy woman has a murder mystery on her hands when her greedy relatives wind up dead after being invited to her home.

  • Réalisation
    • Phil Rosen
  • Scénario
    • George Bricker
  • Casting principal
    • Wallace Ford
    • Marian Marsh
    • Sarah Padden
  • Voir les informations de production sur IMDbPro
  • NOTE IMDb
    5,8/10
    548
    MA NOTE
    • Réalisation
      • Phil Rosen
    • Scénario
      • George Bricker
    • Casting principal
      • Wallace Ford
      • Marian Marsh
      • Sarah Padden
    • 29avis d'utilisateurs
    • 6avis des critiques
  • Voir les informations de production sur IMDbPro
  • Voir les informations de production sur IMDbPro
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    Rôles principaux21

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    Wallace Ford
    Wallace Ford
    • Bob White
    Marian Marsh
    Marian Marsh
    • Nora O'Brien
    Sarah Padden
    Sarah Padden
    • Cassandra 'Cassie' Denham
    Gavin Gordon
    Gavin Gordon
    • Garson Denham
    George Guhl
    George Guhl
    • Sheriff William Boggs
    Wallis Clark
    Wallis Clark
    • Judge Moore
    Minerva Urecal
    Minerva Urecal
    • Maxine Denham
    J. Arthur Young
    • Trowbridge Cadwalader Montrose
    Herb Vigran
    Herb Vigran
    • Eddie
    • (as Herbert Vigran)
    Phillip Trent
    • Larry Denham
    • (as Philip Trent)
    Dave O'Brien
    Dave O'Brien
    • Michael
    Hazel Keener
    Hazel Keener
    • Mary Denham
    Isabel La Mal
    Isabel La Mal
    • Martha Denham
    • (as Isabelle LaMal)
    Lee Shumway
    Lee Shumway
    • Eric
    John James
    John James
    • Tom Denham
    Kay Deslys
    Kay Deslys
    • Katie
    Arthur Berkeley
    • Courtroom Specator
    • (non crédité)
    James Carlisle
    • Alienist
    • (non crédité)
    • Réalisation
      • Phil Rosen
    • Scénario
      • George Bricker
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    Richard_Harland_Smith

    A cut-rate cut-up CAT AND THE CANARY

    No doubt prompted by the success of Elliot Nugent's 1939 remake of THE CAT AND THE CANARY, Monogram's MURDER BY INVITATION is a spit polishing of dusty doings distinguished by a cagey awareness of its own derivativeness. Like the imperiled teens of Wes Craven's SCREAM, the dramatis personae here – heirs to a sizeable legacy - enter into danger with full knowledge of the rules of the game - with comic star Wallace Ford (FREAKS) even cracking: `I'm the handsome young juvenile of this story – he never gets hurt.'

    Supporting the ever-watchable Ford is a cast of faces familiar from the Poverty Roll payroll: Sarah Padden (THE MAD MONSTER), Dave O'Brien (THE DEVIL BAT, REEFER MADNESS), Minerva Urecal (THE CORPSE VANISHES) and John James (DEVIL BAT'S DAUGHTER), as well as Marian Marsh (Trilby to John Barrymore's SVENGALI) and Gavin Gordon (Lord Byron in THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN). A former Edison camera man turned prominent silent film director (ABRAHAM LINCOLN), Phil Rosen exhibits little enthusiasm for George Bricker's scenario, and seems grateful that the conventions of the murder mystery allow characters to remain seated for long stretches at a time. French cameraman Marcel Le Picard also shot the low-rent SPOOKS RUN WILD and VOODOO MAN.

    Not a must-see film, but undemanding fun for fans of the murder mystery - and Wallace Ford never disappoints.
    5Hitchcoc

    She Is, Indeed, Nuts!

    This is a formula piece. It's been done a hundred times. The greed of the relatives causes them to try to get the old lady committed. Their motives are so obvious that any chance they had goes down the tube within minutes. Now they're in over their heads and have to use their resources to survive. Meanwhile, the red herrings start swimming upstream. I should have hated it, but the crazy overacting and general being of the film are rather pleasant in a maniacal sort of way. The conclusion is satisfying and justice is done. The one drawback is that the bad guys are so pathetic and incompetent that they don't pose much of a threat.
    8dbborroughs

    Enjoyable Murder/Comedy

    An old lady is taken to court by her heirs because they feel she is wasting her fortune and that she should be put away for her own safety. Turning the tables on the greed family in the courtroom she insists that any of her heirs who want a piece of her money show up at her house that night. What happens next is a very enjoyable murder/comedy as people start dying as every scrambles to find the fortune.

    Anyone expecting anything other than a silly time should stay as far away from this movie as possible. Yes, there is a mystery, but there are a good bunch of laughs as well, as reporter Wallace Ford and his girl wander among the crazies trying to get a story while trying to stay alive.

    I really like this film, especially the old lady that who is smarter than the relatives who are trying to put her way. This is a good friend of a movie that I'll take out now and again when I need to just sit and veg.

    If you come across it, by all means give it a try, we all need to laugh now and then.
    6VADigger

    Same old, same old

    Virtually indistinguishable from the scores of other comedy/mysteries so popular in the 30s and 40s. All the cliches are here - wealthy dowager, hidden fortune, isolated country house, hidden passages, venal relatives, intrepid reporter with his comic sidekick and wisecracking "doll", bumbling police detective - all that is missing is the dark and stormy night. Fun performances by some great character actors are about all that set this movie apart. There are better ways to spend your time.
    7csteidler

    Relatives gather in old dark house for murder, laughs

    Rich old Aunt Cassie considers herself "the only sane person in a family of nitwits." She invites her greedy relatives to the creaky family mansion—instructing them to arrive on Friday at midnight—where she will decide which of them will inherit her millions. Needless to say, it's not long before the murders start….

    Vanishing corpses, secret passageways—murder spoof elements abound in this extremely goofy murder mystery. Assorted crackpot characters include several shifty relatives, an oddball sheriff, and a snoopy neighbor.

    Sarah Padden cackles gleefully as the eccentric Aunt Cassie. Wallace Ford is tough to dislike as wisecracking newspaper reporter Bob White. Marian Marsh is lively and likable as White's assistant Nora, although she isn't given much to do except keep up with Ford's jokes and detective work.

    This Monogram production is certainly a cheapie: while some scenes look like they may have been rehearsed, others definitely don't. However… a sense of good natured fun carries the picture along, and joviality mostly makes up for lack of production polish.

    Also livening up this B mystery are a few cute comments alluding to the fact that this is, in fact, a B mystery. Just past the midway point, for example, Ford discusses the two missing corpses: Dead bodies, he says, always go missing in murder mysteries and "it generally happens just past the middle of the picture."

    It ain't profound but it's pretty easy viewing for those who enjoy good silly lowbrow fun.

    And what a great closing line!

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    • Anecdotes
      Cassandra's fortune of three million dollars would be about $62 million dollars in 2023.
    • Gaffes
      When Bob White reads the note that was left after the small statue is taken, he holds it in one hand because he has shaving cream in the other. But the close up of the note shows it being held by two hands.
    • Citations

      [last lines]

      Eddie, the Photographer: The Hays Office ain't gonna like that long kiss!

    • Crédits fous
      Each change of the opening credits appear to be dissolved away by flames.
    • Connexions
      References Le mystère de la maison Norman (1939)

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    Détails

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    • Date de sortie
      • 30 juin 1941 (États-Unis)
    • Pays d’origine
      • États-Unis
    • Langue
      • Anglais
    • Aussi connu sous le nom de
      • Murder at Midnight
    • Société de production
      • Supreme Pictures
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    • Durée
      • 1h 7min(67 min)
    • Couleur
      • Black and White
    • Mixage
      • Mono
    • Rapport de forme
      • 1.37 : 1

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