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This is quite an enjoyable little game of cinematic Cluedo as a bunch of avaricious relatives take their their rich old aunt "Cassie" (Sarah Padden) to court to try and get her certified so they can access her $3 million dollar fortune. They get stuffed in court but to show no ha…
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Murder by Invitation
“THE HOUSE of a THOUSAND SHADOWS!”
60%
Movie
1h 7m
AI Analysis
Murder by Invitation (1941) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of Murder by Invitation (1941) — a movie tagged as Comedy, Crime, and Mystery with funny and tense moods and steady pacing.
Story & themes: The relatives of a rich old woman unsuccessfully try to have her declared insane, so they can divide up her money. To show them that there are no hard feelings, she invites them to her estate for the weekend so she can decide to whom she actually will leave her money when she dies. Soon, however, family members begi… Our models also surface themes such as family from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for date night, solo focused viewing, and casual background watching. Expect steady storytelling (~67 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate Murder by Invitation 60% (12 votes) — solid community ratings for this movie.
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Synopsis
The relatives of a rich old woman unsuccessfully try to have her declared insane, so they can divide up her money. To show them that there are no hard feelings, she invites them to her estate for the weekend so she can decide to whom she actually will leave her money when she dies. Soon, however, family members begin turning up dead.
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- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 1941-06-30
- Runtime
- 1h 7m
- TMDB rating
- 6.0
- TMDB ID
- 252463
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The relatives of a rich old woman unsuccessfully try to have her declared insane, so they can divide up her money. To show them that there are no hard feelings, she invites them to her estate for t... This is the official synopsis available via TMDb community metadata.
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The official runtime for Murder by Invitation is approximately 67 minutes.
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Cast
Wallace Ford
Bob White
Marian Marsh
Nora O'Brien
Sarah Padden
Cassandra Hildegard Denham
Gavin Gordon
Garson Denham
George Guhl
Sheriff Boggs
Wallis Clark
Judge Moore
Minerva Urecal
Maxine Denham
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J. Arthur Young
Trowbridge Cadwalader Montrose
Herb Vigran
Eddie Stats, photographer
Phillip Trent
Larry Denham
Dave O'Brien
Michael, the chauffeur
Hazel Keener
Mary Denham
Isabel La Mal
Martha Denham
Lee Shumway
Eric, the groundsman
John James
Tom Denham
Kay Deslys
Katie, the cook
Kernan Cripps
Deputy (Uncredited)
Dudley Dickerson
Bob's Servant (Uncredited)
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This is quite an enjoyable little game of cinematic Cluedo as a bunch of avaricious relatives take their their rich old aunt "Cassie" (Sarah Padden) to court to try and get her certified so they can access her $3 million dollar fortune. They get stuffed in court but to show no harm has been done, the old lady invites them all to her country pile for the weekend. Not long afterwards they start dropping like flies and George Guhl ("Sheriff Boggs") and local hack "Bob White" (Wallace Ford) are on the case whilst there are still folks alive! The dialogue is quite fun and Padden, Ford and his secretary "Nora" (Marian Marsh) keep this rather daft pot-boiler swinging along nicely for just over an hour with lots of secret passages, red herrings and quite a satisfactory ending.
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