Murder in the Pullman

1932
20m

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Irma is a woman who doesn't mind people knowing she's expensive. Nick Valentine, a nightclub owner in Chicago, has fallen hard for her and proposes marriage. She accepts, but needs to give t... Read allIrma is a woman who doesn't mind people knowing she's expensive. Nick Valentine, a nightclub owner in Chicago, has fallen hard for her and proposes marriage. She accepts, but needs to give the air to another boyfriend, Mack Graham, an assistant D.A. She does, and he doesn't take ... Read allIrma is a woman who doesn't mind people knowing she's expensive. Nick Valentine, a nightclub owner in Chicago, has fallen hard for her and proposes marriage. She accepts, but needs to give the air to another boyfriend, Mack Graham, an assistant D.A. She does, and he doesn't take it well. Meanwhile, she's playing Nick, because she still has her real boyfriend, Vincent ... Read all

Director
- Joseph Henabery
Writers
- Burnet Hershey
- S.S. Van Dine
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6.3/10

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Director
- Joseph Henabery
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- Burnet Hershey
- S.S. Van Dine
Stars

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Michael_Elliott

Entertaining Short

Murder in the Pullman (1932)

*** (out of 4)

Sixth film in the series has a gold digging wife (Wanda Lyon) murdered on a train during her honeymoon. It looks like it could be her old boyfriend (Donald Douglas) or perhaps her husband (Edward Arnold) but it's up to Crabtree (Donald Meek) and Carr (John Hamilton) to figure it out. From what I've seen to date this here is certainly the best film in the series as it features a wonderful supporting cast and a pretty good mystery. As the film plays out it's rather obvious who the killer is going to be but that really doesn't take away from the fun. What works best here is that Crabtree and Carr are thrown in the background as supporting players and the film belongs to Arnold and Douglas. The two men deliver fine performances and especially Arnold who many will remember from MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON or EYES IN THE NIGHT. He easily steals the film and makes his character someone you care for and can't help but feel for due to what his wife is doing to him. Meek and Hamilton are in fine form in their roles but they are mainly just in the background. Fans of mysteries from the early 30's will certainly want to check this film out even if they didn't care for some of the others in the series.

Doylenf

A Vitaphone short featuring Edward Arnold in a key role...

This is an entertaining curiosity as far as short features go, depending on whether or not you're willing to accept the premise of a very shaky plot involving a gold-digging woman involved with three men, all of whom happen to be on the Pullman train when the murder occurs.

Of course, it's going to be up to Inspector Crabtree (Donald Meek) to solve the case with only a few clues at his disposal. He and an inspector manage to follow the dots in quick enough fashion that heads for the ending the viewer has suspected all along.

Entertaining bit of nonsense, not helped by the witless dialog and overacting of the entire cast--including those porters who are likely to make you cringe.

The portly Arnold seems to be his usual genial self at the start, but we soon learn that all is not what it seems. Passes the time quickly, but nothing to shout about.