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Please Murder Me!

  • 19561956
  • ApprovedApproved
  • 1h 18m
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
1.3K
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Angela Lansbury in Please Murder Me! (1956)
  • Crime
  • Drama
  • Film-Noir
A lawyer suffers a guilt complex after getting a murder acquittal for his client, and then finding out she did commit the crime.A lawyer suffers a guilt complex after getting a murder acquittal for his client, and then finding out she did commit the crime.A lawyer suffers a guilt complex after getting a murder acquittal for his client, and then finding out she did commit the crime.
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
1.3K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Peter Godfrey
  • Writers
    • Al C. Ward(screenplay)
    • Donald Hyde(screenplay)
    • Ewald André Dupont(original story)
  • Stars
    • Angela Lansbury
    • Raymond Burr
    • Dick Foran
Top credits
  • Director
    • Peter Godfrey
  • Writers
    • Al C. Ward(screenplay)
    • Donald Hyde(screenplay)
    • Ewald André Dupont(original story)
  • Stars
    • Angela Lansbury
    • Raymond Burr
    • Dick Foran
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 41User reviews
    • 9Critic reviews
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    Angela Lansbury in Please Murder Me! (1956)
    Lamont Johnson in Please Murder Me! (1956)
    Raymond Burr and Lamont Johnson in Please Murder Me! (1956)
    Raymond Burr, Angela Lansbury, and Lamont Johnson in Please Murder Me! (1956)
    Lamont Johnson in Please Murder Me! (1956)
    Raymond Burr and Angela Lansbury in Please Murder Me! (1956)
    Raymond Burr and Angela Lansbury in Please Murder Me! (1956)
    Angela Lansbury in Please Murder Me! (1956)
    Please Murder Me! (1956)
    Raymond Burr and Angela Lansbury in Please Murder Me! (1956)
    Raymond Burr and Angela Lansbury in Please Murder Me! (1956)
    Angela Lansbury, Robert Griffin, and Lamont Johnson in Please Murder Me! (1956)

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    Angela Lansbury
    Angela Lansbury
    • Myra Leedsas Myra Leeds
    Raymond Burr
    Raymond Burr
    • Craig Carlsonas Craig Carlson
    Dick Foran
    Dick Foran
    • Joe Leedsas Joe Leeds
    John Dehner
    John Dehner
    • Ray Willisas Ray Willis
    Lamont Johnson
    • Carl Holtas Carl Holt
    Robert Griffin
    Robert Griffin
    • Lou Kazarianas Lou Kazarian
    Denver Pyle
    Denver Pyle
    • Lieut. Bradleyas Lieut. Bradley
    Alex Sharp
    • The Sergeantas The Sergeant
    Lee Miller
    • The Patrolmanas The Patrolman
    Madge Blake
    Madge Blake
    • Jennyas Jenny
    Russell Thorson
    Russell Thorson
    • The Judgeas The Judge
    • (as Russ Thorson)
    Steve Carruthers
    Steve Carruthers
    • Trial Spectatoras Trial Spectator
    • (uncredited)
    Dick Cherney
    • Party Guestas Party Guest
    • (uncredited)
    Russell Custer
    • Bailiffas Bailiff
    • (uncredited)
    Michael Jeffers
    Michael Jeffers
    • Trial Spectatoras Trial Spectator
    • (uncredited)
    Frank Mills
    Frank Mills
    • Trial Spectatoras Trial Spectator
    • (uncredited)
    Cliff Taylor
    • Juroras Juror
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Peter Godfrey
    • Writers
      • Al C. Ward(screenplay)
      • Donald Hyde(screenplay)
      • Ewald André Dupont(original story)
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      This is one of Lamont Johnson's last movies as an actor before becoming a full-time director.
    • Quotes

      Myra Leeds: I'll just have a coke if you don't mind, my husband doesn't like me to drink during the day. He thinks it's a bad habit to get into; alcohol I mean.

    • Connections
      Edited into Muchachada nui: Episode #2.9 (2008)

    User reviews41

    Review
    Top review
    7/10
    "Myra isn't a woman! She's a disease!"
    A mysterious stranger walks the seedy streets of a big city in a trench coat with the brim of his hat down low. The stranger stops in front of a business that -literally- has a PILE OF GUNS in the window display case and purchases a weapon. The opening credits explode onto the screen like gunshots as we see a close-up of the stranger loading bullets into the gun. Then the stranger goes into his dark office, sits at his desk, and records this story on a reel-to-reel tape recorder ...

    "In exactly 55 minutes I will be dead!"

    That stranger is Craig Carlson (Raymond Burr), Attorney at Law.

    Then the Flashback: Craig is a very close friend to Joe Leeds (Dick Foran). They were war buddies, and after 15 years of friendship Craig must break the news to Joe that he is in love with his wife Myra (Angela Lansbury). Joe takes the news surprisingly well and tells Craig that he needs some time to sort things out in his head about how to move forward. Craig sees Myra later that evening and confesses what he did.

    Then we see Joe arrive home to find Myra in bed reading a book. He enters, the door shuts, and we hear a gunshot! Myra is arrested for murder!

    A good chunk of the film is about the court case. Naturally, Craig is Myra's lawyer and she is acquitted. The jury bought the idea that she shot her husband in self-defense.

    Now that Myra and Craig are free to spend their lives together, Myra becomes curiously distant, and Craig discovers that Myra has a special friend ... the artist Carl Holt. So, maybe she was really guilty as charged and Craig saved her from the slammer?

    Since Myra can't be tried twice for the same crime Craig hatches an elaborate plan to bring her to justice. And it's an unusual plan that he knows will end with his death.

    This is a fairly good 50's Noir with an interesting ending.

    Recommended!
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • March 1, 1956 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Plats för mord
    • Filming locations
      • California Studios - 5530 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Gross-Krasne Productions
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 18 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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