Fresh
It remains a crucial insight into the development of one of the cinema's greatest artists, and so, essential viewing.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Murder!
Who killed Edna Druce?
1930 · 1h 42m · TV-PG
Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Directed by
Alfred Hitchcock
Overview
When actress Diana Baring is found in a daze beside her colleague’s murdered body, all evidence points to her guilt. During the trial, juror Sir John Menier doubts the verdict, but yields to pressure. Haunted by remorse, he launches his own investigation.
Director and cast
- Alfred Hitchcock Director
- Herbert Marshall as Sir John Menier
- Edward Chapman as Ted Markham
- Esme Percy as Handel Fane
- Norah Baring as Diana Baring
- Phyllis Konstam as Doucie Markham
- Marie Wright as Miss Mitcham
- Miles Mander as Gordon Druce
- Gus McNaughton as Tom Trewitt (uncredited)
- Donald Calthrop as Ion Stewart
- S. J. Warmington as Bennett
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
83%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Well photographed and mounted, it contains all the gadgets of the pet Alfred Hitchcock technique, from quick cutting to skillful dialog blending.
Variety Staff, Variety
Fresh
Perhaps the most provocative of all early British Hitchcocks.
Time Out
Fresh
An intelligent, well-acted and thoroughly entertaining motion picture in the routine pattern of mystery thrillers.
New York Times
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