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When young actress Diana Baring is convicted of the murder of a fellow actress, actor-manager Sir John Saumarez, convinced of her innocence, sets himself up as a private detective in order to prove her innocence before the execution is carried out.
Adaptations
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form
y
Murder!
( dir. Alfred Hitchcock
)
United Kingdom (UK)
:
British International Pictures
,
1930
6689170
1930
single work
film/TV
crime
detective
An actor-manager sitting on the jury for the murder trial of actress Diana Baring becomes convinced of her innocence after she has been convicted and sentenced to hang: he works to uncover the real murderer before sentence is carried out.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Related Works
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y
Re-Enter Sir John
London
:
Hodder and Stoughton
,
1932
Z1273365
1932
single work
novel
mystery
Actor-manager Sir John Saumarez investigates a case of cheating at cards (with the associated social ruin and its consequences) that becomes a case of murder.
Works about this Work
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Not Suitable for Children : Alfred Hitchcock Films Helen Simpson's Australia
2013
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Telling Stories : Australian Life and Literature 1935–2012 2013; (p. 126-132)
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Not Suitable for Children : Alfred Hitchcock Films Helen Simpson's Australia
2013
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Telling Stories : Australian Life and Literature 1935–2012 2013; (p. 126-132)
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