Call It Murder (1934)
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44% want to see it
(20 ratings)
The old "If it were your own daughter" plot device forms the basis of the independently-produced crime melodrama Midnight. O.P. Heggie plays jury foreman Edward Weldon, who has no qualms about sentencing a woman to death for a crime of passion. His unpopular decision makes Weldon persona… More The old "If it were your own daughter" plot device forms the basis of the independently-produced crime melodrama Midnight. O.P. Heggie plays jury foreman Edward Weldon, who has no qualms about sentencing a woman to death for a crime of passion. His unpopular decision makes Weldon persona non grata even in his own home, but he sticks to his firm belief that all murderers must pay the supreme penalty, no matter what the provocation. He soon has cause to regret his intractability when his own daughter Stella (Sidney Fox) kills a former lover who betrayed her. In addition to Humphrey Bogart, who plays the small but memorable role of one of the murder victims, this New York-filmed oddity also features such Broadway-bred talent as Margaret Wycherly, Henry Hull, Granville Bates, Helen Flint, and, in their film debuts, Lynne Overman and Richard Whorf. Midnight was later reissued by Astor Films as Call it Murder to cash in on Bogart's latter-day popularity (Bogie was also "promoted" to top billing in the refilmed opening credits). ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Chester Erskine
- Written By
- Chester Erskine
- Genres
- Mystery & Suspense, Drama
Unrated,
Critic Reviews
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
An hysterical thriller with a convoluted message about there being the same law for all, which the film apparently has a cynical response to.
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Michael W. Phillips, Jr., Goatdog's Movies
It wasn't really terrible, but I have no idea what kind of point it was trying to make.
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Cast
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Sidney Fox
as Stella Weldon
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O.P. Heggie
as Edward Weldon
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Henry Hull
as Nolan
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Margaret Wycherly
as Mrs. Weldon
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Lynne Overman
as Joe Biggers
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Katherine Wilson
as Ada Biggers
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Richard Whorf
as Arthur Weldon
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Humphrey Bogart
as Garboni
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Granville Bates
as Henry McGrath
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Cora Witherspoon
as Elizabeth McGrath
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Moffat Johnson
as District Attorney Plunkett
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Henry O'Neill
as Mr. Ingersoll
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Helen Flint
as Ethel Saxon
