Mary

1931
1h 18m

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A juror in a murder trial, after voting to convict, has second thoughts and begins to investigate on his own before the execution.A juror in a murder trial, after voting to convict, has second thoughts and begins to investigate on his own before the execution.A juror in a murder trial, after voting to convict, has second thoughts and begins to investigate on his own before the execution.

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5.7/10

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Trivia
A copy of the film is included as a bonus feature on the Kino Lorber Studio Classics DVD and German DVD releases of Meurtre (1930) and the French DVD release of La taverne de la Jamaïque (1939).

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As Sir John interviews Mary in jail, it is established in long-shot that both are sitting at opposite ends of a long table. During frontal closeups, the widths of the planks that make up the tabletop reveal that very randomly either the table is turning between shots or both persons repeatedly switch places.

The exact same continuity error also applies to the American version of the movie, Meurtre (1930).

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Alternate-language version of Meurtre (1930)

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7/10

Better than Hitchcock's own film made a year earlier on the same tale with a different cast in a different language

Is it merely a German version of Hitchcock's "Murder!"? True both films are based on the same source-material. Yet the outcome is different. There is more emphasis on choice of camera and shots and editing in the German film than in the British one. The underlying cross dressing and gay aspects are more obvious in the German film. Yes "Mary'' can be considerably compared to Lumet's "12 Angry Men" made decades later. Here the juror becomes the detective, while in Lumet's film the juror never really leaves the jury room. The relationship between juror and the accused is explored midway--a rare aspect in any jury-oriented tale. It is therefore goes one up on "Murder!" Further, Alfred Abel (a German actor) is superior to Herbert Marshall both playing the same character of the same tale, that of Sir John Menier. So is Olga Tschechowa playing the role of the accused actress, facing death sentence.