MURDER AT MIDNIGHT(1931)
In the set: 100 Greatest Mystery Classics

A man gets killed while playing charades! The
shooter is seen by all! But of course there's
extenuating circumstances! This is actually
pretty good, but the picture quality and sound
could use some cleaning up! And the acting is
pretty stiff all around! Got to remember that
this was still quite early in the talkies history! B

A review from IMDb.com:

This early-talkie whodunit has an attention-grabbing
start (a game of charades develops into a real murder),
but it's mostly a stiff slog after that. There is the
odd striking camera shot (including one from the POV
of the murderer), but the arrangements of the actors
are too theatrical, and the complete absence of a
music score makes the dead spots even deader: the
length feels more like 166 than 66 minutes! However,
I do recommend sticking with it, because the culprit
is truly surprising. The reason for that is that the
culprit is a typical character of this genre, who
in about 90% of such films has other functions,
excluding that of the killer. The screenwriter
turns some conventions on their head - before they
had even become conventions. ** out of 4. - gridoon2019

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