Quiet Please, Murder

Quiet Please, Murder is a 1942 drama directed by John Larkin, starring George Sanders, Gail Patrick and Richard Denning. Based on the short story Death Walks in Marble Halls by Lawrence G. Blochman that appeared in American Magazine (Sep 1942). The film is also known under the title Death from the Sanskrit.

Contents

• Premise
• Cast
• References

Premise

Jim Fleg, a book thief/forger, sells a fake book to a Nazi through Myra Blandy, a female agent.

Cast

George Sanders as Jim Fleg

Gail Patrick as Myra Blandy

Richard Denning as Hal McByrne

Lynne Roberts as Kay Ryan

Sidney Blackmer as Martin Cleaver

Kurt Katch as Eric Pahsen

Byron Foulger as Edmund Walpole

George Walcott as Benson

Paul Porcasi as Rebescu

Margaret Brayton as Miss Oval

Mae Marsh as Miss Hartwig

Lon McCallister as Freddie, the Stack Boy (as Bud McCallister)

Charles Tannen as Hollis, phoney detective in dark coat

Arthur Space as Vance

Charles Cane as Inspector Henderson