Rich Cassie Denham (Sarah Padden) is a more than an eccentric millionairess.
After her scheming relatives unsuccessfully try to have her committed to an
institution, Aunt Cassie invites them for a weekend in the country to "study
them like rats" and see to whom she will bequeath her fortune. At the stroke of
midnight a murderer strikes, and in the suspense-filled hours just before dawn,
her greedy, corrupt relatives are dispatched one by one.
Having received a tip, ace reporter Bob White (Wallace Ford) and his girl Friday (Marian Marsh) arrive on the scene to investigate. Thrown into the intrigue, it becomes clear that
they are not only suspects but possible victims as well.
Evocatively shot by cameraman Marcel Le Picard, filled with sharp, snappy
banter and set in a mansion complete with secret passages and trap doors, Murder
By Invitation is a superbly inviting whodunit in the Agatha Christie tradition.
Starring: Wallace Ford & Marian Marsh
Produced by: A.W. Hackel
Cinematography by: Marcel Le Picard
Directed by: Phil Rosen
Screenplay by: George Bricker
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