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Murder! (Original title)Enter Sir John (Working title)
Dates: 1930 (Copyright), 27 May 1931 (Release)

Country: United Kingdom

Director: Alfred Hitchcock

Synopsis: An actress is wrongfully accused of the murder of another actress in the same repertory company.

Genres:
Detective drama, Thriller

Subjects:
Actresses, Actors
Releases
Date: 1930Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 94 mins Length: 9700 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: February 2019Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 94 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer

Credits (19)
©: British International Pictures, Presents: British International Pictures Ltd, Producer: John Maxwell, Assistant Director: Frank Mills, Scenario by: Alma Reville, Adapted by: Alfred Hitchcock, Walter Mycroft, From 'Enter Sir John' by: Clemence Dane, Helen Simpson, Photography by: J.J. Cox, [Film Edited] Under the Supervision of: Emile de Ruelle, Film Edited by: Rene Marrison, Art Director: J.F. Mead, Assistant Art Director: Peter Proud, Musical Director: John Reynders, Sound Recordist: Cecil V. Thornton, Recorded on: RCA Photophone System, Made and Recorded at: Elstree
Cast (32)
Herbert Marshall (Sir John Menier), Norah Baring (Diana Baring), Phyllis Konstam (Doucie Markham), Edward Chapman (Ted Markham), Miles Mander (Gordon Druce), Esme Percy (Handel Fane), Donald Calthrop (Ion Stewart), Esme V. Chaplin (prosecuting counsel), Amy Brandon-Thomas (defending counsel), Joynson Powell (judge), S.J. Warmington (Bennett), Marie Wright (Miss Mitcham), Hannah Jones (Mrs Didsome), Una O'Connor (Mrs Grogram), R.E. Jeffrey (jury foreman), Alan Stainer (jury member), Kenneth Kove (Matthews, jury member), Guy Pelham Boulton, Violet Farebrother, Clare Greet, Drusilla Wills, Robert Easton, William Fazan, George Smythson, Ross Jefferson, Picton Roxborough (jury member), Harry Terry (stage doorman), Alfred Hitchcock (passer-by with woman), Gus McNaughton (Tom Drewitt), Lola Duncan, Joyce Barnham, Bunty