Murder Without Crime (1951)
Directed by J. Lee Thompson
Genres - Drama |
Release Date - Apr 27, 1951 (USA) |
Run Time - 80 min. |
Countries - United Kingdom |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
Future "spectacle" director J. Lee Thompson is confined to the theatrical limitations of his source material in Murder Without Crime. After a bitter quarrel with his wife Jan (Patricia Plunkett), Stephen (Derek Farr) goes off on a bender, picking up bar hostess Grena (Joan Dowling) along the way. As the evening progresses, Stephen gets involved in a fracas in his own home. When it's all over, Grena is lying on the floor, apparently dead. Upstairs neighbor Michael (Dennis Price), sensing that something's amiss, decides to indulge in a little blackmail. The ensuing complications include a most ambulatory "corpse" and a misapplied glassful of poison.
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accident, argument, blackmail, club [organization], criminal, home, host, husband, killing, knock-out, landlord, love, marital-problems, mistake, poison, problems, return, romance, second-chance, sorrow, suffering, suicide, telephone, wife, writing
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