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Murder He Says [VHS]

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A truly hilarious and fun-filled movie in which MacMurray is nothing less than terrific. Fred plays a statistics gathering insurance salesman in the Ozarks. It's goodbye to sanity when we meet these hilarious hillbillies! The crazy twin killers are brilliantly portrayed by Peter Whitney (as Mert and Bert Fleagle) Barbara Pepper plays their sister Bonnie and Marjorie Main is an absolute riot as Mamie Johnson. Bonnie has hidden 70,000 dollars somewhere in the abode and MacMurray is kept confused by Main as a frantic search for the dough ensues. The antics and clever direction keep the laughs coming at rapid fire pace, and this movie is a unique gem.

I love this movie...SO much. I've loved it for years. I, too, had a copy taped off AMC and am awaiting a nice new copy of it, since I haven't seen it in years. McMurray is hysterical in his role of a salesman who stumbles upon a house of cooky crazies and gets involved in an intruiging case of murder. In ways it's almost a little spooky, but mostly it had me rolling in the aisles. I especially liked the part where Fred is stuck in that box with one of the twins legs dangling out and it looks like he's sitting down. Everytime I see that I almost die of hysterics. I love old movies and love reviewing them, and if anyone else loves old movies such as these, please email me! I love talking about them.

Please put this superb Fred MacMurray film noir classic on DVD,so that humble people such as myself can afford it.Thanks!!!!!!

I have been looking for this movie FOREVER! I LOVE it! I literally split my side from laughter the first time I saw it which was over 15 years ago. I have not been able to find it sense. I go on the movie channels to see if anyone has it in their movie line-up but, NO ONE does! Now, I must admit, $58 is quite a chunk of change to pay for a VHS tape. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE put this jewel of a movie on DVD. I'm a college student, so enough said about how much money I have for non-essentials. so, PLEASE, put this movie on DVD!

This is a great character-type of comedy, especially if you appreciate "Hillbilly humor". Good for a wholesome laugh, although some younger children may not like two eerie characters and a glowing dog. The plot is not intriguing, but quick-moving dialogue and wit keep this "ghost story" going. The portrayal of two brothers (who are hillbilly twins) by one actor is very amusing. For those who have a good, down-to-earth sense of humor or enjoy the art of slapstick or like that third-person comedy (you know something "they" don't know, as in I Love Lucy shows), this movie is an absolute MUST HAVE. A classic black-and-white Fred MacMurray on the order of The Absent-Minded Professor, only earlier and more physically comedic. I am so glad it is back, since I have looked everywhere for it, for almost ten years!

The sight gags in this movie are so funny that they are still being imitated today. "Haunted Honeymoon" starring Gene Wilder used many of them, but not quite so well. It's a movie for everyone from Grandma to Teenager to Little Tommy. It is guaranteed to make you laugh out loud. You will also find yourself singing the little ditty that unlocks the mystery of the piece. A friend of mine saw this movie when it first came out and she can still singsong the rhyme. I first saw it on TV and have searched for a copy of it for years. My family will be thrilled to have finally found it. In fact I'll probably give each of them their own copy for Christmas.

This is one of the funniest, goofiest movies I've ever seen! Excellent cast! Had it on VHS and it finally got eaten after so very many viewings. Please, please return this hysterical timeless piece on DVD. We need to have a Fred MacMurray comedy box set!

Fred MacMurray stars as a pollster looking for a disappeared colleague in hillbilly country who gets mixed up with Marjorie Main and her half-witted brood trying to recover some hidden money. The film is non-stop action, as everyone is chasing or running away from everyone else. There's glowing animals (and the odd person or two) and it's set in one of those only-in-a-movie houses with secret passageways behind the walls. The characters aren't played with much subtlety, and the laughs are sometimes forced, but it's all played with a lot of energy. A better director might have given the film a little style instead of just hammering home every scene, but if you like a lot of slapstick and chase films, you'll probably enjoy this one a lot,

This is the funniest movie. I saw it years and years ago and I still think it is just great. Those old movies are always the best! Marjorie Main is hilarious as the whip-cracking mother of twin sons and a "touched" daughter, (although none of them are playing with a full deck), looking for stolen money... and Fred MacMurray, a traveling survey-taker who's looking for a missing co-worker and how they found each other and the fun antics that occur! Just as I loved it as a child, my children love it now. I've been trying to find this moving to rent for ages, with no luck. I was thrilled to find it at Amazon.Com for such a good price!

A curiously little-known film, this is a first-class example of a real "sleeper". In the same native cornball-surreal black-comedy mode as ARSENIC AND OLD LACE (but much looser, sillier and funnier). MacMurray plays an insurance salesman/pollster who stays with a zany family of hillbillies who are also "hayseed" murderers! Although sometimes a bit too strident, this is slapstick of the highest caliber (and definitely ahead of it's time). Mother's cooking features a poison that glows in the dark, and in the climatic sequence, the assembled characters keep turning off the lights and keep spinning the lazy susan table to avoid ingesting the poison. This bit is unique among farces; it's a classic of slaptick craziness! The little-known Peter Whitney excels in his dual role while Marjorie Main (as the yowling, whipcracking Ma) and Mabel Paige (as the unloved Grandma) are stand-outs. The work of director George Marshall is a bit square at times, as it isn't up to the brilliant madness and invention of Lou Breslow's screenplay. The peroxided & buxom Barbara Pepper does well as Bonnie (she was Doris Ziffle on GREEN ACRES). Pepper was originally considered by Lucille Ball for the role of Ethel on I LOVE LUCY. This excellent black farce is a rare gem. Highly recommended!