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Quiet Please: Murder poster
B
Strong
MASTER SCORE 60.3 / 100
1942·Crime / Drama / Film-Noir·1h 10m

QUIET PLEASE: MURDER

A forger steals and kills for a rare book from a library in order to make forgeries to sell to rich suckers.

Above the Line
John Francis Larkin·DirectorJohn Francis Larkin·ScreenplayLawrence G. Blochman·StoryJoseph MacDonald·Director of PhotographyEmil Newman·Original Music ComposerLouis R. Loeffler·Editor
Cast
George Sanders·Jim FlegGail Patrick·Myra BlandyRichard Denning·Hal McByrneLynne Roberts·Kay RyanSidney Blackmer·Martin CleaverKurt Katch·Eric PahsenMargaret Brayton·Miss OvalCharles Tannen·HollisCharles Cane·Inspector HendersonByron Foulger·Edmund Walpole
Full Crew
(21 credits)
Directing· 1
John Francis Larkin·Director
Writing· 2
Lawrence G. Blochman·StoryJohn Francis Larkin·Screenplay
Camera· 1
Joseph MacDonald·Director of Photography
Editing· 1
Louis R. Loeffler·Editor
Sound & Music· 7
Emil Newman·Original Music ComposerHarry M. Leonard·SoundE. Clayton Ward·SoundEmil Newman·Music DirectorArthur Lange·Additional MusicCharles Maxwell·Additional MusicArthur Morton·Orchestrator
Art & Design· 5
Richard Day·Art DirectionJoseph C. Wright·Art DirectionHerschel McCoy·Costume DesignFrank E. Hughes·Set DecorationThomas Little·Set Decoration
Production· 2
Ralph Dietrich·ProducerWilliam Goetz·Executive Producer
Other Departments· 2
Bud Geary·StuntsBob Beck·Stand In
By the Numbers
60.3
OF 100
Master Score
6.4
OF 10
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