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Please Murder Me is a american film of genre Drama directed by Peter Godfrey released in USA on 1 march 1956 with Angela Lansbury
Please Murder Me (1956)
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Add to a movie listPlease Murder Me is a 1956 American film noir film directed by Peter Godfrey, and starring Angela Lansbury and Raymond Burr.
The film is in the public domain and is available for free download at the Internet Archive.
Synopsis
Defense lawyer Craig Carlson (Raymond Burr) buys a pistol at a pawn shop and travels to his office, where he deposits the gun in a desk drawer with a file folder, then begins to dictate into a tape recorder. Directing his message to District Attorney Ray Willis (John Dehner), he reveals that he anticipates being murdered within an hour, and begins to tell his story in extended flashbacks.Actors
Angela Lansbury
(Myra Leeds)
Raymond Burr
(Attorney Craig Carlson)
Dick Foran
(Joe Leeds)
John Dehner
(Dist. Atty. Ray Willis)
Lamont Johnson
(Carl Holt)
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