Archive Watch
Poster for I'll Name the Murderer (1936)

I'll Name the Murderer (1936)

1936 · Feature film · 66 min · dir. Raymond K. Johnson

NEWSPAPER MAN PUTS THE FINGER ON KILLER!

  • Comedy
  • Crime

Synopsis

I'll Name the Murderer is a 1936 American crime film produced by C.C. Burr for Puritan Pictures, directed by Raymond K. Johnson and starring Ralph Forbes, Marion Shilling and Malcolm McGregor. The story and screenplay was written by Phil Dunham with special dialogue by Edwin K. O'Brien, and the film was released January 27, 1936. This was Schilling's last film.

Synopsis from Wikipedia

Details

Director
Raymond K. Johnson
Writer
Phil Dunham
Composer
Gene Johnston
Cinematography
James Diamond
Studio
C.C. Burr Productions Inc.
Released
1936-01-26
Running time
66 minutes

Cast & crew

Reviews on the Internet Archive

★★★★★ · Minority view. · terracesider · 2006-03-04

I seem to be in a minority but I thoroughly enjoyed this film which I thought a very entertaining who-dunnit. The characters are quickly established, then the narrative unfolds at a fair pace, with enough twists and turns to hold my interest throughout. I thought the cast solid. The 256 mpeg4 download, converted to DVD, was good quality This would be in my top 5 of films I've watched from archive.org.

★★★★ · Enjoyable · ghostmadl · 2013-08-28

I adored this movie. I think Agnes Anderson (who I can find little information about, she died in 2008) was beautiful and she had a good voice (if it was hers!) It was nice to see a busty, curvy lady in a 1930s flick!

★★ · Bleech · billbarstad · 2006-01-10

I can't be as generous as the last reviewer. This is a high society murder mystery, being solved by a high society gossip columnist with a little help from a girl reporter, but don't be expecting William Powell and Myrna Loy. The acting is generally poor to match the screenplay and directing. If you want a movie you can walk away from, make a sandwich maybe, and then return to without missing anything this is your show. I watched the mpeg1. It was fairly washed out and the darker scenes were pixelated. The audio is hissy throughout and voices are sometimes clipped, making dialogue hard to…

More like this