''Let's Have a Murder'' (also known as ''Stick 'em Up'') is a 1950 British
comedy
Comedy is a genre of dramatic works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium.
Origins
Comedy originated in ancient Greec ...
crime film
Crime film is a film belonging to the crime fiction genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and fiction. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine with many other genres, such as Drama (film and television), dr ...
directed by
John E. Blakeley
John E. Blakeley (1 October 1888 – 20 February 1958) was a British film producer, director (film), director and screenwriter, the founder of Mancunian Films.
Born in Ardwick, Manchester, son of James Blakeley (born c. 1862; Manchester), and Mar ...
and starring
Jimmy Jewel
James Arthur Thomas Jewel Marsh (4 December 1909 – 3 December 1995),Gifford, Denni''The Independent'', 5 December 1995. Note: This obituary wrongly gives the year of birth as 1912, which is contradicted by the Ben Warriss obituary. Retrie ...
,
Ben Warriss
Ben Holden Driver Warriss (29 May 1909 – 14 January 1993) was an English comedian and the first cousin of fellow comedy actor Jimmy Jewel. Allegedly the two cousins were born in the same bed (at different times) and brought up in the same h ...
and
Lesley Osmond
Lesley Osmond (23 November 1921 – March 1987) was a British actress. She appeared in the West End theatre, West End in the 1944 play ''The Rest is Silence (play), The Rest is Silence'' and the 1953 musical ''The Glorious Days''.
Selected filmo ...
.
It was written by Blakeley, Harry Jackson and Robert Taylor, and made by
Mancunian Films
Mancunian Films was a British film production company first organised in 1933. From 1947 it was based in Rusholme, a suburb of Manchester, and produced a number of comedy films, mostly aimed at audiences in the North of England.
History
Founded ...
at their studios in
Manchester
Manchester () is a city and the metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. It had an estimated population of in . Greater Manchester is the third-most populous metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, with a population of 2.92&nbs ...
.
Plot
Two
private detectives
A private investigator (often abbreviated to PI; also known as a private detective, an inquiry agent or informally a private eye) is a person who can be hired by individuals or groups to undertake investigatory law services. Private investigat ...
are hired to clear a friend accused of murder.
Cast
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Jimmy Jewel
James Arthur Thomas Jewel Marsh (4 December 1909 – 3 December 1995),Gifford, Denni''The Independent'', 5 December 1995. Note: This obituary wrongly gives the year of birth as 1912, which is contradicted by the Ben Warriss obituary. Retrie ...
as Jimmy Jewsbury
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Ben Warriss
Ben Holden Driver Warriss (29 May 1909 – 14 January 1993) was an English comedian and the first cousin of fellow comedy actor Jimmy Jewel. Allegedly the two cousins were born in the same bed (at different times) and brought up in the same h ...
as Ben Warren
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June Elvin
June is the sixth and current month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars—the latter the most widely used calendar in the world. Its length is 30 days. June succeeds May and precedes July. This month marks the start of summe ...
as Nurse Harrison
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Lesley Osmond
Lesley Osmond (23 November 1921 – March 1987) was a British actress. She appeared in the West End theatre, West End in the 1944 play ''The Rest is Silence (play), The Rest is Silence'' and the 1953 musical ''The Glorious Days''.
Selected filmo ...
as Marjorie Gordon
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Stewart Rome
Stewart Rome (born Septimus William Ryott; 30 January 1886 – 26 February 1965) was an English actor who appeared in more than 150 films between 1913 and 1950.
He was born in Newbury, Berkshire in 1886 and took the stage name of Stewart Rome ...
as Colonel Gordon
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David Greene as Professor Ralph Witkoff
References
External links
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1950 films
British crime comedy films
1950 comedy films
Films directed by John E. Blakeley
Films set in Paris
1950 crime films
British black-and-white films
Films shot in Greater Manchester
1950s English-language films
1950s British films
English-language crime films
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