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Murder by Invitation

Murder by Invitation

  • Status: Released
  • 30-06-1941
  • Runtime: 67 min
  • Score: 5.6
  • Vote count: 9

The relatives of a rich old woman unsuccessfully try to have her declared insane, so they can divide up her money. To show them that there are no hard feelings, she invites them to her estate for the weekend so she can decide to whom she actually will leave her money when she dies. Soon, however, family members begin turning up dead.

Wallace Ford

Bob White

Marian Marsh

Nora O'Brien

Sarah Padden

Cassandra Hildegard Denham

Gavin Gordon

Garson Denham

George Guhl

Sheriff Boggs

Wallis Clark

Judge Moore

Minerva Urecal

Maxine Denham

J. Arthur Young

Trowbridge Cadwalader Montrose

Herb Vigran

Eddie Stats, photographer

Phillip Trent

Larry Denham

Dave O'Brien

Michael, the chauffeur

Hazel Keener

Mary Denham

Isabel La Mal

Martha Denham

Lee Shumway

Eric, the groundsman

John James

Tom Denham

Kay Deslys

Katie, the cook

Kernan Cripps

Deputy (Uncredited)

Dudley Dickerson

Bob's Servant (Uncredited)

Eric Mayne

Alienist (Uncredited)

Arthur Berkeley

Courtroom Specator (uncredited)

James Carlisle

Alienist (uncredited)

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This is quite an enjoyable little game of cinematic Cluedo as a bunch of avaricious relatives take their their rich old aunt "Cassie" (Sarah Padden) to court to try and get her certified so they can access her $3 million dollar fortune. They get stuffed in court but to show no harm has been done, the old lady invites them all to her country pile for the weekend. Not long afterwards they start dropping like flies and George Guhl ("Sheriff Boggs") and local hack "Bob White" (Wallace Ford) are on the case whilst there are still folks alive! The dialogue is quite fun and Padden, Ford and his secretary "Nora" (Marian Marsh) keep this rather daft pot-boiler swinging along nicely for just over an hour with lots of secret passages, red herrings and quite a satisfactory ending.