Quiet Please, Murder
1943 | 70m | English
Popularity: 3 (history)
| Director: | John Francis Larkin |
|---|---|
| Writer: | Lawrence G. Blochman, John Francis Larkin |
| Staring: |
| A forger steals and kills for a rare book from a library in order to make forgeries to sell to rich suckers. | |
| Release Date: | Mar 19, 1943 |
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| Director: | John Francis Larkin |
| Writer: | Lawrence G. Blochman, John Francis Larkin |
| Genres: | Drama, Crime, Thriller |
| Keywords | library, world war ii, blackout, film noir, murder, forgery, nazi underworld |
| Production Companies | 20th Century Fox |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 09, 2025 Entered: Apr 28, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| George Sanders | Jim Fleg |
| Gail Patrick | Myra Blandy |
| Richard Denning | Hal McByrne |
| Lynne Roberts | Kay Ryan |
| Sidney Blackmer | Martin Cleaver |
| Kurt Katch | Eric Pahsen |
| Margaret Brayton | Miss Oval |
| Charles Tannen | Hollis |
| Charles Cane | Inspector Henderson |
| Byron Foulger | Edmund Walpole |
| Mae Marsh | Miss Hartwig |
| Lon McCallister | Freddie |
| Paul Porcasi | Rebescu |
| Arthur Space | Vance |
| George Walcott | Benson |
| Chick Collins | Webley |
| Walter Deming | Daly |
| Fern Emmett | Miss Philbert |
| Bud Geary | Gannett |
| Harold Goodwin | Stover |
| Theodore von Eltz | Lucas |
| Jack Cheatham | Policeman |
| Jim Farley | Detective |
| Bobby Larson | Boy |
| Matt McHugh | Taxi Driver |
| George Melford | Guard in Library |
| Frank O'Connor | Guard in Library |
| Mike Donovan | Guard in Library |
| Pat O'Malley | Guard Killed in Library |
| Arthur Thalasso | Air Raid Warden |
| Hooper Atchley | Air Raid Warden |
| Bert Roach | Hungry Library Patron |
| Minerva Urecal | Cookbook-Seeking Library Patron |
| Alexander Schoenberg | Library Patron |
| Monica Bannister | Library Patron |
| Jill Warren | Library Patron |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Harry M. Leonard | Sound |
| Lawrence G. Blochman | Story |
| Emil Newman | Original Music Composer, Music Director |
| Joseph MacDonald | Director of Photography |
| John Francis Larkin | Director, Screenplay |
| Louis R. Loeffler | Editor |
| Richard Day | Art Direction |
| Joseph C. Wright | Art Direction |
| Frank E. Hughes | Set Decoration |
| Thomas Little | Set Decoration |
| Herschel McCoy | Costume Design |
| E. Clayton Ward | Sound |
| Arthur Lange | Additional Music |
| Charles Maxwell | Additional Music |
| Bob Beck | Stand In |
| Arthur Morton | Orchestrator |
| Bud Geary | Stunts |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Ralph Dietrich | Producer |
| William Goetz | Executive Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
| 2024 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 1 |
| 2024 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
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| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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Trending Position
George Sanders ("Fleg) is up to no good in this light-hearted tale of theft and forgery. He has pinched an original Shakespeare folio and has been subsequently flogging copies. Unfortunately for him, his selling agent "Myra" (Gail Patrick) is none too bright and when she inadvertently sells one of h ... is copies to a Nazi - their very lives are soon in peril, and it might actually be policeman "McByrne" (Richard Denning) who comes to their rescue! The acting is good, the writing quite pithy and it packs quite a lot into 70 minutes. Maybe the production is a touch basic; the settings are all a bit too static, but unlike so many of these cheap and cheerful B features, this one has a decent story that is actually quite enjoyable to watch.