Quiet Please Murder
- Synopsis
- Wartime thriller starring George Sanders in which he plays a forger who steals Richard Burbage’s personal copy of Shakespeare’s Hamlet from a library and then sells copies of it to collectors through an intermediary. His plan starts to unravel when a copy is sold to a Nazi agent who realises it is a fake.
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Film
- Technical information
- Black-and-white / Sound
- Year of release
- 1943
- Duration
- 70 mins; 6313 feet
Credits
- Director
- John Larkin
- Producer
- Ralph Dietrich
- Cinematographer
- Joe MacDonald (2)
- Writer
- John Larkin
- Music
- Emil Newman
- Cast
Gail Patrick George Sanders Lynne Roberts Richard Denning Sidney Blackmer
Additional Details
- Production type
- Fiction Films
- Plays
- Hamlet
- Subjects
- Shakespeare
- Keywords
- forgery; Folio editions
Notes
- Notes
- Based on the short story "Death Walks in Marble Halls" by Lawrence G. Blochman. The working title of this film was, Death from the Sanskrit.
- General
- Filmed between 24 August and 14 September 1942.
Online Availability
- Online URL
- https://youtu.be/vaaIFGVqjdo
- Online format
- Streamed
Production Company
- Name
20th Century Fox
Distributor
- Name
YouTube
- Web
- http://www.youtube.com External site opens in new window
How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "Quiet Please Murder". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av80213 (Accessed 19 Sep 2024)