Murder Is News

Murder Is News is a 1937 Canadian-American mystery film directed by Leon Barsha.

Plot summary

A rich businessman is murdered at his townhouse the night his wife plans to divorce him and marry a high-powered lawyer. One of four Quota Quickies directed by Leon Barsha for the British market in Victoria, B.C., during the summer and fall of 1937.

Cast

John Gallaudet as Jerry Tracy

Iris Meredith as Ann Leslie

George McKay as Brains McGillicuddy

John Hamilton as David Corning

Frank C. Wilson as Tony Peyden

William McIntyre as Edgar Drake

Doris Lloyd as Pauline Drake

John Graham Spacey as Fred Hammer

Colin Kenny as Insp. Fitzgerald

Fred Baes as R.A. Snyder

External links

1937 films

American mystery drama films

English-language Canadian films

American black-and-white films

Films directed by Leon Barsha

Canadian mystery drama films

Canadian black-and-white films

1937 mystery films

1930s English-language films

Columbia Pictures films

1930s American films

1930s Canadian films