The Murder Party (1935)
Also known as The Night of the Party
1935 · Feature film · 61 min · dir. Michael Powell
- Mystery
- Thriller
- Crime
Synopsis
A major newspaper publisher dies in suspicious circumstances during a parlour game at a dinner party. The publishers secretary is the obvious suspect, but the inspector isn't so sure ...
Synopsis from TMDb
Details
- Director
- Michael Powell
- Writer
- Roland Pertwee
- Cinematography
- Glen MacWilliams
- Studio
- Gaumont-British Picture Corporation
- Released
- 1934-07-16
- Running time
- 61 minutes
Cast & crew
Michael Powell Director
Malcolm Keen
Jane Baxter
Leslie Banks
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★ · Call This a Party? · Poohbah70 · 2019-08-22
Underpinned by a rather thin plot device - a game of murder by drawing lots to name the murderer - this is a stylish what happened when the lights went out murder mystery. Gathered at the house of a newspaper publisher, whose numerous enemies are laid out prior to the party and murder scenes, are the publisher's daughter, the publisher's secretary who wants to marry the daughter, the daughter's girlfriend, an elderly general, a ditsy middle aged foreign princess, a rather fey author, the butler and late arrival, a police inspector. As mentioned, many of these have a reason to see the…
