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Title: Home, Sweet Homicide (1946)
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| Complete credited cast: | |||
| Peggy Ann Garner | ... | Dinah Carstairs | |
| Randolph Scott | ... | Lt. Bill Smith | |
| Lynn Bari | ... | Marian Carstairs | |
| Dean Stockwell | ... | Archie Carstairs | |
| Connie Marshall | ... | April Carstairs | |
| James Gleason | ... | Sgt. O'Hare | |
| Anabel Shaw | ... | Polly Walker | |
| Barbara Whiting | ... | Jo-Ella Holbrook | |
| Shepperd Strudwick | ... | Mr.Wallace Sanford (as John Shepperd) | |
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Mystery writer Marian Carstairs is hard at work trying to finish her latest novel. Her three children meanwhile are entertaining themselves trying to solve a murder in their own neighborhood. In between gathering clues, the kids play matchmaker by trying to fix up their widowed mom with the handsome detective investigating the case. Written by Daniel Bubbeo <dbubbeo@cmp.com>
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Dinah Carstairs: Oh really, which one did you like best Lieutenant?
Lt. Bill Smith: [discomfited] Er...... ..latest one, Mrs Carstairs. I thought it was excellent.
Dinah Carstairs: Oh, so you liked the Maltese Falcon?
Lt. Bill Smith: Yes, yes, that's the one.
Dinah Carstairs: Lieutenant, that was written by Dashiell Hammet, about twelve years ago. I don't think you've ever read any of my books.
Lt. Bill Smith: [sheepish] I'm afraid you're right.
Sgt. O'Hare: Not being a married man, Mrs Carstairs, the Lieutenant ain't a very convincing liar!
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(uncredited)
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Music Arranged by H.R. Bishop
Lyrics by John Howard Payne
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20th Century Fox paid author Craig Rice (Mrs. Lawrence Lipton in real life) $20,000 for the rights to her book. See more »Quotes
Sgt. O'Hare: Mrs Carstairs, the Lieutenant here is a great admirer of your books.Dinah Carstairs: Oh really, which one did you like best Lieutenant?
Lt. Bill Smith: [discomfited] Er...... ..latest one, Mrs Carstairs. I thought it was excellent.
Dinah Carstairs: Oh, so you liked the Maltese Falcon?
Lt. Bill Smith: Yes, yes, that's the one.
Dinah Carstairs: Lieutenant, that was written by Dashiell Hammet, about twelve years ago. I don't think you've ever read any of my books.
Lt. Bill Smith: [sheepish] I'm afraid you're right.
Sgt. O'Hare: Not being a married man, Mrs Carstairs, the Lieutenant ain't a very convincing liar!
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Home Sweet Home(uncredited)
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Lyrics by John Howard Payne
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2 October 1946 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Detectives por fuerza See more »Filming Locations:
20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USACompany Credits
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