Quiet Please: Murder

1942 · crime · drama · thriller · Twentieth Century Fox · Twentieth Century Fox

Title: Quiet Please: Murder Summary: Book thief/forger sells a fake book to a Nazi through a female agent. A detective tries to uncover who the forger is and gets in the middle of a three way struggle for rare books and revenge in a public library. Directed by: John Francis Larkin Actors: George Sanders, Gail Patrick, Richard Denning Production Company: Twentieth Century Fox Release Date: 19 March 1943 (USA) Aspect Ratio: 1.37 : 1 Jim Fleg (George Sanders), a ruthless, egotistical criminal, steals a priceless Shakespeare folio from the public library, killing a guard during the crime. With his partner, Myra Blandy (Gail Patrick), Fleg forges and sells copies of the folio to unscrupulous collectors. Hal McByrne (Richard Denning), a tough, unrelenting detective traces several of the forgeries back to Myra. She and Fled plot to eliminate McBryne at the scene of the original crime---the public library. In the meantime, a buyer of one of the forgeries is demanding his money back--or else---and trails Myra and Fleg to the library.