Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Quiet Please, Murder (1942)


Directed by John Larkin
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Fox Movie Channel)

George Sanders is dealer in antique books, master forger and murderer. He steals a valuable Shakespeare volume from the local library, makes copies and sells them to collectors. His greed gets the best of him when he returns to the library for more valuable books by pretending to be a police detective after committing murder. Real detective Richard Denning is a smooth talking womanizer. He flirts with the librarians while trying to pin Sanders. His dialogue is embarrassing and sometimes offensive. However, Sanders gets into an excellent cat and mouse game with Denning, often philosophizing on his plight as a sado-masochist.

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