Murder by Invitation

Murder by Invitation

1941-06-30 • 1h 7m • NR •
Comedy Crime Mystery
5.7
User Score
10 votes

"THE HOUSE of a THOUSAND SHADOWS!"

Overview

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.

Phil Rosen

Director

George Bricker

Writer

Top Billed Cast

Movie Details

Status

Released

Original Language

en

Budget

$N/A

Revenue

$N/A

Runtime

1h 7m

Release Date

1941-06-30

Recommendations

Killer Coach

Killer Coach

2017-05-09
Endgame: Blueprint for Global Enslavement

Endgame: Blueprint for Global Enslavement

2007-11-01
Detective Chinatown 2

Detective Chinatown 2

2018-02-16
Naruto Shippuden the Movie

Naruto Shippuden the Movie

2007-08-04
Drunk Parents

Drunk Parents

2019-02-08
Inside Man: Most Wanted

Inside Man: Most Wanted

2019-09-24
Dolemite Is My Name

Dolemite Is My Name

2019-10-04
The Crocodiles: All for One

The Crocodiles: All for One

2011-01-20
Gabriel's Rapture: Part III

Gabriel's Rapture: Part III

2022-08-12
Teen Titans Go! To the Movies

Teen Titans Go! To the Movies

2018-07-27
Swiped

Swiped

2018-11-06
Shaft

Shaft

2019-06-14

Reviews

CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

2022-06-25T18:50:09.013Z

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.