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Trotter Polling Company employee Pete Marshall (Fred MacMurray) is sent down the back roads and into the backwoods in search for a missing fellow employee in Murder, He Says (1945). The city slicker soon finds himself mixed up with a family of homicidal hillbillies who are looking for stolen loot hidden on their property. Featuring Marjorie Main (Ma and Pa Kettle) in an over-the-top performance, this fast-paced farce is in the grand tradition of such macabre favorites as The Old Dark House (1932) and Arsenic and Old Lace (1944).
Original Release
01/01/1945
US Release
01/01/1945
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Fred MacMurray | Pete Marshall |
| Helen Walker | Claire Matthews |
| Marjorie Main | Mamie Fleagle Smithers Johnson |
| Jean Heather | Elany Fleagle |
| Porter Hall | Mr. Johnson |
| Peter Whitney | Bert Fleagle / Mert Fleagle / Mert and Bert Fleagle |
| Mabel Paige | Grandma Fleagle |
| Barbara Pepper | Bonnie Fleagle |
| Harry Allen | Old Deaf Townsman |
| Walter Baldwin | Vic Hardy |
Directors
Writers
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Fred MacMurray | Pete Marshall |
| Helen Walker | Claire Matthews |
| Marjorie Main | Mamie Fleagle Smithers Johnson |
| Jean Heather | Elany Fleagle |
| Porter Hall | Mr. Johnson |
| Peter Whitney | Bert Fleagle / Mert Fleagle / Mert and Bert Fleagle |
| Mabel Paige | Grandma Fleagle |
| Barbara Pepper | Bonnie Fleagle |
| Harry Allen | Old Deaf Townsman |
| Walter Baldwin | Vic Hardy |
| Jimmie Dundee | Hardy Sympathizer |
| Tom Fadden | Sheriff Murdock |
| James Flavin | Police Officer |
| Francis Ford | Lee - Old Townsman / Lee |
| Joel Friedkin | Little Man |
| Arthur Hunnicutt | Townsman |
| Jerry James | F.B.I. Man |
| Si Jenks | 80-Year-Old Townsman |
| George McKay | Storekeeper |
| William Meader | F.B.I. Man |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| E.D. Leshin | Producer |
