Murder!

Name: Murder!
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Crime
Released: November 24, 1930
Duration: 92 min
Rating: 70

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Columbia Pictures | Release Date: November 24, 1930 | TV-PG

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

Genre(s): Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Crime

Rating: TV-PG

Runtime: 92 min

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Michael Wilmington

Highly inventive, full of perverse touches and clever flourishes. [26 Nov 1999, p.A]

Wesley Stenzel

After the introduction of the titular crime and a proto-12 Angry Men jury scene, the film becomes a playful meta-commentary on the inherent silliness of watching actors go through the motions of detective work, with numerous charming visual embellishments. Read full review

Dave Kehr

Hitchcock was still marking out his territory at this point, and the film is heavy and vague around the edges. But it remains a crucial insight into the development of one of the cinema’s greatest artists, and so, essential viewing. Read full review

Pauline Kael

It's more languidly paced than his mid 30s work, and the dialogue is spoken in stage rhythms, but there are inventive moments.

Mordaunt Hall

Although the final scenes in Murder...do not live up to many that have gone before and there is a strange absence of true psychology in these closing stretches, there are episodes in this picture that are possessed of considerable merit. Read full review

Screen Rant Ben Protheroe

Although Murder lacks some of Hitchcock's signature guile, it's still a fun mystery with one or two flashes of visual brilliance. Read full review

Staff (Not Credited)

Is this not the most Hitchcockian title of all time? Even the exclamation point adds a certain parlor-game fustiness. It’s a pity that the movie’s only so-so. Read full review

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