Rent Murder! (1930)

3.2 of 5 from 61 ratings
1h 38min
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Synopsis:
When police find aspiring theater star Diana Baring (Norah Baring) standing over the corpse of a fellow actress, Diana gets arrested. Although amnesia leaves her with no recollection of the incident, she ends up convicted of murder. But juror John Menier (Herbert Marshall) starts having second thoughts about Diana's guilt and takes it upon himself to capture the true killer in director Alfred Hitchcock's first-rate thriller
Actors:
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Directors:
Producers:
John Maxwell
Writers:
Clemence Dane, Helen Simpson, Alfred Hitchcock, Walter C. Mycroft, Alma Reville
Studio:
StudioCanal
Genres:
Classics, Thrillers
Collections:
Alfred Hitchcock's British Films, Films by Genre
BBFC:
Release Date:
22/01/2007
Run Time:
98 minutes
Languages:
English Dolby Digital 1.0 Mono, English Dolby Digital Stereo
Subtitles:
None
DVD Regions:
Region 2
Formats:
Pal
Aspect Ratio:
Full Screen 1.33:1 / 4:3
Colour:
B & W
Bonus:
  • Scene from the original silent version of 'Blackmail'
  • Alternative ending to Murder!
  • Introductions to all films by Director / Film Historian Noel Simsolo
  • Blackmail: Take with Anny Ondra (Hitchcock's first 'Blonde')
  • 52 Minute Documentary: 'Hitchcock's Early Works' with Claude Chabrol and Bernard Eisenschitz
  • Picture Gallery

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Reviews (2) of Murder!

Major spoiler. - Murder! review by Steve

Spoiler Alert
24/02/2021

After Blackmail, Hitchcock made another suspense film which was again an adaptation of a stage play. But Murder! is in a different genre, the English style detective story, rather than a thriller.

Herbert Marshall was the Master's first really successfully cast leading man, though with his false leg, it's hard to imagine him doing more energetic scenes and he wasn't used again until Foreign Correspondent (1940). He plays an aristocrat on a jury who begins to question the guilty verdict and decides to investigate. Hitch regular Edward Chapman is enjoyable as Marshall's sidekick.

There's a famously innovative scene in the film  when we hear Marshall's interior monologue.  There was no dubbing at the time, so a recording was made and was played back as Marshall shaved, staring mutely into the mirror, while a live orchestra accompanied!    

There's an exciting climax when the murderer, a cross dressing trapeze artist, is closed down by our amateur detectives and he hangs himself on his rope. Another Hitch baddie who falls to his death. While the  character's sexuality is handled quite sensitively, there are some dated reflections on him being of mixed race. It's a touch slow, a bit creaky, but it still passes as genuine entertainment.

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“My art is not satisfied.” - Murder! review by LJ

Spoiler Alert
19/10/2023

A murder mystery that gives no red herrings, just points us exactly at the solution and includes some unfortunate racist and other inappropriate attitudes of the time.

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