Murder Is My Business

Murder Is My Business is a 1946 American action film directed by Sam Newfield and written by Fred Myton. It is based on the 1940 novel The Uncomplaining Corpses by Brett Halliday. The film stars Hugh Beaumont, Cheryl Walker, Lyle Talbot, George Meeker, Pierre Watkin and Richard Keene. The film was released on March 7, 1946, by Producers Releasing Corporation.[1][2][3]

Murder Is My Business
Theatrical release poster
Directed bySam Newfield
Produced bySigmund Neufeld
Screenplay byFred Myton
Based onThe Uncomplaining Corpses
by Brett Halliday
StarringHugh Beaumont
Cheryl Walker
Lyle Talbot
George Meeker
Pierre Watkin
Richard Keene
Music byLeo Erdody
CinematographyJack Greenhalgh
Edited byHolbrook N. Todd
Production
company
Sigmund Neufeld Productions
Distributed byProducers Releasing Corporation
Release date
  • March 7, 1946 (1946-03-07)
Running time
64 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Plot

When haughtily wealthy Eleanor Ramsey (Helene Heigh) is strangled and the murder is pinned on detective Michael Shayne’s ex-con pal Joe Darnell (Parker Garvie), Shayne tries to clear his buddy’s name by investigating the five people with the strongest motives to kill the society matron: her penniless husband Arnold (Pierre Watkin) kept on a tight budget by his penny-pinching wife, her grasping, ungrateful stepchildren Ernest (David Reed) and Dorothy (Julia McMillan), Eleanor’s ex-con brother Buell Renslow (Lyle Talbot) who’s due half of her million as part of his inheritance which she has refused to give him, and her gigolo lover Carl Meldrum (George Meeker) who is romancing both mother and step-daughter. Naturally plodding police detective Pete Rafferty (Ralph Dunn) does everything in his power to thwart Shayne’s investigation and get enough goods on him to strip him of his P.I. license.

Cast

References
  1. "Murder Is My Business (1946) - Overview". TCM.com. Retrieved 2019-01-15.
  2. Hal Erickson. "Murder Is My Business (1946) - Sam Newfield". AllMovie. Retrieved 2019-01-15.
  3. "Murder Is My Business". Catalog.afi.com. Retrieved 2019-01-15.
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