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| George Sanders |
QUIET PLEASE: MURDER (1942). Director: John Francis Larkin.
"We're really a couple of walking horror stories." -- Myra.
Jim Fleg (George Sanders of
Bluebeard's Ten Honeymoons) is a murderous and completely immoral reprobate who steals a priceless manuscript from the public library and tries to sell off copies of it to unsuspecting and unscrupulous collectors. His partner is the equally reprehensible and dangerous Myra (Gail Patrick). Private eye Hal McByrne (Richard Denning of
The Black Scorpion) romances Myra to try to get to the ringleader of this illicit operation. Everyone winds up at the library, where Fleg pretends to be a phony detective so he can rip off the place some more, placing Hal and librarian Kay (Lynne Roberts) in danger. Will the real police get there in time?
Quiet Please: Murder is a minor crime meller with an expectedly notable lead performance from Sanders, who is always fun to watch, although others in the cast -- including Sidney Blackmer, Byron Foulger [
The Magnetic Monster], Arthur Space and the ones already mentioned -- are all on top of things.
Verdict: Stay out of the library! **3/4.
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