Murder in the Music Hall (1946)
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Most of this Republic B-plus mystery yarn is set in a penthouse, next door to a music hall where a strange song-and-dance extravaganza is being staged. This production incorporates several ice-skating sequences--a good excuse as any for the presence of leading lady Vera Hruba Ralston, Republic's answer to Sonja Henie. Ralston and orchestra leader William Marshall come across the body of producer Edward Norris. Almost everyone in the cast is placed under suspicion, since Norris was a cad and blackmailer. The surprise killer is (as usual) not that much of a surprise, though the scenarists keep us going with some last-minute red herrings. Murder in the Music Hall was reissued in a shortened version titled Midnight Melody in 1951. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Vera Ralston - Lila
- Helen Walker - Millicent
- William Gargan - Inspector Wilson
- Julie Bishop - Diane
- Edward Norris - Carl
- Frank Orth - Henderson, Stage Manager
- Paul Hurst - Hobarth
- Mary Field - Waitress
- LeRoy Mason - Policeman
- Spec O'Donnell
- Wheaton Chambers - Evangelist Leader
- Ilka Gruning - Mom
- Virginia Carroll - Cashier
- Jerry Wald - Radio Officer
- Inez Palange - Mrs. Aldine
- Lee Phelps - McCarthy
- William Marshall - Don
- Nancy Kelly - Mrs. Morgan
- Ann Rutherford - Gracie
- Jerome Cowan - George Morgan
- Jack LaRue - Bruce Wilton
- Fay McKenzie - Singer in Mom's Cafe
- James Craven - Mr. Winters
- Anne Nagel - Mission Attendant
- Tom London - Ryan
- Lillian Bronson - Woman Cleaner
- Nolan Leary - Doctor
- James Farley - Police Sergeant
- Brooks Benedict - Police Photographer
- William Austin - Clerk
- Joe Yule - Doorman
- Director(s):
- Jon English
- Writer(s):
- Frances Hyland, Laszlo Gorog
- Producer(s):
- Herman Millakowsky
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