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Budget. $250,000 [1] Box office. $515,000 [1] Grand Central Murder is a comedy / mystery film released in 1942. It was based on Sue MacVeigh's 1939 novel of the same name, and stars Van Heflin as a private investigator who is one of the suspects in a murder on a private train car in Grand Central Terminal. The film was directed by S. Sylvan Simon.
Grand Central Murder: Directed by S. Sylvan Simon. With Van Heflin, Patricia Dane, Cecilia Parker, Virginia Grey. A New York private eye works the puzzle of an actress found slain in a Grand Central Station railway car.
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- Comedy, Crime, Drama
- S. Sylvan Simon
- 1942-05
Conniving Broadway starlet Mida King has plenty of enemies, so when she's found murdered at Grand Central Station, Inspector Gunther calls together a slew of suspects for questioning. Mida's shady ex-flame, Turk, seems the most likely culprit, but when smart-mouthed private eye Rocky Custer -- also a suspect himself -- begins to piece together the crime, a few clues that Gunther has overlooked ...
A man named Turk, a convicted murderer, is being transported via rail through Grand Central Station in New York. Just before the arrival at the station, Turk manages to escape. He telephones his ex-girlfriend, headlining stage performer Mida King (who named herself after King Midas, as she wants everything she touches to turn to gold ...
Film Length. 6,614ft (6 reels) As their train pulls into New York's Grand Central Station, two policemen lose their charge, convict "Turk," who sneaks away to telephone Broadway entertainer Mida King, whom he threatens. Terrified after finding an Ace of Spades under her door, Mida leaves to go to her wealthy boyfriend David V. Henderson's ...
- S. Sylvan Simon, Hayes Goetz
- Van Heflin
Movie Info. SynopsisConniving Broadway starlet Mida King (Patricia Dane) has plenty of enemies, so when she's found murdered at Grand Central Station, Inspector Gunther (Sam Levene) calls together ...
- Mystery & Thriller
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Oct 20, 2020 · Grand Central Murder is an example of a very early noir picture just before the style really started to take shape. It’s also a comedy and because of that, isn’t a straight crime picture but more of a tongue-in-cheek, amusing take on the evolving crime genre. This sits just between the super popular gangster films that ruled the ’30s and ...
