MURDER BY INVITATION (1941) Wallace Ford, Marian Marsh & Sarah Padden | Crime, Drama, Mystery | B&W

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Murder by Invitation is a 1941 American mystery film directed by Phil Rosen and starring Wallace Ford, Marian Marsh and Sarah Padden.[1] It was distributed by Monogram Pictures.

SYNOPSIS
A wealthy woman has a murder mystery on her hands when her greedy relatives wind up dead after being invited to her home.

The relatives of a rich old woman unsuccessfully try to have her declared insane so they can divide up her money. To show them that she harbors no ill feelings, she invites them to her estate for the weekend so she can decide to whom she actually will leave her money when she dies. Soon, however, family members begin disappearing.

Trowbridge then proposes to Cassie; Eddie presents the box to Cassie and gets his money, but the twist in the tale is that it turns out to be old Confederate States of America currency, and quite worthless. Cassie then reveals that all of her 'fortune' is in the same currency, but Trowbridge announces that it is unimportant as he has enough for them both to live upon. The film ends with Bob also getting the girl in the form of Nora.

CAST & CREW
Wallace Ford as Bob White
Marian Marsh as Nora O'Brien
Sarah Padden as Aunt Cassandra ("Cassie") Hildegarde Denham
Gavin Gordon as Garson Denham
George Guhl as Sheriff William Boggs
Wallis Clark as Judge Moore
Minerva Urecal as Maxine Denham
J. Arthur Young as Trowbridge Cadwallader Montrose
Herb Vigran as Eddie
Phillip Trent as Larry Denham
Dave O'Brien as Michael, the Chauffeur
Hazel Keener as Mary Denham
Isabel La Mal as Martha Denham
Lee Shumway as Eric, the Gardener
John James as Tom Denham
Kay Deslys as Katie, the Cook

Directed by Phil Rosen
Screenplay by George Bricker
Produced by A.W. Hackel
Cinematography Marcel Le Picard
Edited by Martin G. Cohn
Production Company Supreme Pictures
Distributed by Monogram Pictures
Release date June 30, 1941
Running time 67 minutes
Country United States
Language English