Grand Central Murder
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.
Plot
Convicted murderer "Turk" (Stephen McNally) escapes from police custody, crashing through a washroom window as a train pulls into Grand Central Terminal in New York. He telephones his former girlfriend, Broadway star Mida King (Patricia Dane), and threatens to kill her. She leaves her show between acts and hides in a private train car on a siding at the terminal, planning to leave town and marry her rich, high society fiance, David V. Henderson (Mark Daniels). However, her body is found by David and his ex-fiancee, Connie Furness (Cecilia Parker).
Cast
- Arthur Q. Bryan
- Arthur Space
- Bert Roach
- Cecilia Parker
- Connie Gilchrist
- Frank Ferguson
- Joe Yule
- John Butler
- John Maxwell
- Millard Mitchell
- Norman Abbott
- Patricia Dane
- Robert Ryan
- Roger Moore
- Roman Bohnen
- Sam Levene
- Sam McDaniel
- Samuel S. Hinds
- Stephen McNally
- Tom Conway
- Van Heflin
- Virginia Grey
- William Tannen
More details
| author | Peter Ruric Sue MacVeigh |
|---|---|
| director | S. Sylvan Simon |
| editor | Conrad A. Nervig |
| genre | comedy crime mystery |
| keywords | broadway star cause of death connect convicted murderer gold digger high society king midas land lock lose midas murder plan plumb police custody private detective railway car third rail weak heart wisecrack |
| musicBy | David Snell |
| producer | B. F. Zeidman |
| publisher | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| theme | crime comedy film noir transport |