Murder by Invitation
The relatives of a wealthy elderly woman make a failed bid to have her declared insane so they can seize her fortune. To show there are no hard feelings, she invites them to her sprawling estate for a weekend so she can decide to whom she will actually leave her money when she dies. Yet soon, family members start turning up dead.
Director(s)
Phil Rosen
Mack V. Wright
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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.
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The directors of Murder by Invitation are Phil Rosen and Mack V. Wright.
The cast of Murder by Invitation includes Lee Shumway as Eric, the groundsman, Herb Vigran as Eddie Stats, photographer, Gavin Gordon as Garson Denham, Arthur Berkeley as Courtroom Specator (uncredited), Kernan Cripps as Deputy (Uncredited), Eric Mayne as Alienist (Uncredited), James Carlisle as Alienist (uncredited), Wallace Ford as Bob White, Phillip Trent as Larry Denham, Wallis Clark as Judge Moore, Sarah Padden as Cassandra Hildegard Denham, Kay Deslys as Katie, the cook, and more.
The duration of Murder by Invitation is 1h 7 mins.
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Murder by Invitation was released on 30 Jun 1941.
Murder by Invitation is listed under Comedy, Crime, and Mystery on Fanbiz.
Murder by Invitation has 1 review on Fanziz, with an average rating of 6.0/10. One reviewer wrote: "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..."
