Quiet Please, Murder (1942)
A public library at night is the setting for this fast-moving crime caper. George Sanders is a gentleman crook specializing in selling forgeries of rare books. In the company of phony policemen, Sanders enters the library unmolested and pilfers a priceless Shakespeare folio in order to expedite his operation. The criminal's girl friend/accomplice Gail Patrick is willing to go along with the crime until Sanders begins displaying a homicidal streak. She calls in a detective (Richard Denning) to foil the criminal. A murder or two later, Sanders is tracked down amidst the dark, forbidding library shelves. It's no small trick to make a library exciting, but Quiet Please, Murder pulls this off with speed and economy. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- George Sanders, Gail Patrick, (more)
- Director(s):
- John Francis Larkin, John Larkin, (more)
Synopsis of Quiet Please, Murder
A public library at night is the setting for this fast-moving crime caper. George Sanders is a gentleman crook specializing in selling forgeries of rare books. In the company of phony policemen, Sanders enters the library unmolested and pilfers a priceless Shakespeare folio in order to expedite his operation. The criminal's girl friend/accomplice Gail Patrick is willing to go along with the crime until Sanders begins displaying a homicidal streak. She calls in a detective (Richard Denning) to foil the criminal. A murder or two later, Sanders is tracked down amidst the dark, forbidding library shelves. It's no small trick to make a library exciting, but Quiet Please, Murder pulls this off with speed and economy. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of Quiet Please, Murder
- George Sanders - Fleg
- Richard Denning - McByrne
- Sidney Blackmer - Martin Cleaver
- Margaret Brayton - Miss Oval
- Byron Foulger - Edmund Walpole
- Chick Collins - Webley
- Harold Goodwin - Stover
- Jack Cheatham - Policeman
- Bert Roach - Husband
- Theodore Von Eltz - Lucas
- Jill Warren - Girl
- George Walcott - Benson
- Pat O'Malley - Guard
- Charles Cane - Inspector Henderson
- Matt McHugh - Taxi Driver
- Monica Bannister - Bit
- Gail Patrick - Myra Blandy
- Lynne Roberts - Kay Ryan
- Kurt Katch - Eric Pahsen
- Charles Tannen - Hollis
- Arthur Space - Vance
- Lon McCallister - Freddie the Stack Boy
- James Farley - Detective
- Minerva Urecal - Housewife
- Paul Porcasi - Rebescu
- Hooper Atchley
- Frank O'Connor - Guard in Library
- Arthur Thalasso - Air Raid Warden
- Fern Emmett - Miss Philbert
- Mae Marsh - Miss Hartwig
- Bud Geary - Gannett
- Director(s):
- John Francis Larkin, John Larkin
- Writer(s):
- John Francis Larkin, John Larkin
- Producer(s):
- Ralph Dietrich
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