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Grand Central Murder (1942)

APPROVED 73 min  -  Crime | Drama | Film-Noir  -   May 1942 (USA)
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A convict being escorted in for retrial escapes at Grand Central and threatens his old girlfriend on the phone... See full summary »

Director:

S. Sylvan Simon

Writers:

Sue MacVeigh (novel), Peter Ruric (screenplay)
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Cast

Complete credited cast:
Van Heflin ...
'Rocky' Custer
Patricia Dane Patricia Dane ...
Mida King, Stage Name of Beulah Toohey
Cecilia Parker Cecilia Parker ...
Constance 'Connie' Furness
Virginia Grey Virginia Grey ...
Sue 'Butch' Custer
Samuel S. Hinds Samuel S. Hinds ...
Roger Furness
Sam Levene Sam Levene ...
Inspector Gunther
Connie Gilchrist Connie Gilchrist ...
Pearl Delroy
Mark Daniels Mark Daniels ...
David V. Henderson
Stephen McNally Stephen McNally ...
'Turk' (as Horace McNally)
Tom Conway Tom Conway ...
Frankie Ciro
Betty Wells Betty Wells ...
'Baby' Delroy
George Lynn George Lynn ...
Paul Rinehart
Roman Bohnen Roman Bohnen ...
Ramon
Millard Mitchell Millard Mitchell ...
Detective Arthur Doolin
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Storyline

A convict being escorted in for retrial escapes at Grand Central and threatens his old girlfriend on the phone. She flees for her new beau's private railcar at the same station. When she is then found murdered the cops round up a motley group of suspects including the escapee, several guys feeling sore at the way the gold-digging broad had treated them, some jealous dames, and a private eye already on the case. Inspector Gunther soon has a problem - enough evidence to fry all of them. Written by Jeremy Perkins <jwp@aber.ac.uk>  

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Plot Keywords:

Escape | Flashback | Railway | Train | Prisoner  | See more »

Genres:

Crime | Drama | Film-Noir | Mystery

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

Keskusaseman rikos See more »

Company Credits

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Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1
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Did You Know?

Trivia

Donna Reed, Reginald Owen, Gertrude Short, 'Dick Rich' and Gayne Whitman were originally cast, but none of these actors appeared in the film. See more »

Quotes

Mida King, Stage Name of Beulah Toohey: Where were you raised? Didn't anyone ever tell you its bad luck to whistle in a dressing room?
Whistling Messenger: I'm sorry miss, I... I was raised in a cattle boat, where folks whistle when they feel like it, including the cows!
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Connections

Referenced in "Foyle's War: Casualties of War (#5.2)" (2007) See more »

Soundtracks

"Broadway's Still Broadway"
Music by Harry Revel
Lyrics by Ted Fetter
Sung by Connie Gilchrist in a burlesque show and danced by a chorus See more »