''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

as Jimmy Jewsbury *

as Ben Warren *

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 *

as Marjorie Gordon *

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 * David Greene as Professor Ralph Witkoff

References

External links

* 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 {{1950s-UK-film-stub