Murder Tomorrow

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Murder Tomorrow
Directed by Donovan Pedelty
Written by
Produced byVictor M. Greene
Starring
Cinematography Ernest Palmer
Production
company
Crusade Films
Distributed by Paramount British Pictures
Release date
11 February 1938
Running time
69 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
Language English

Murder Tomorrow is a 1938 British crime film directed by Donovan Pedelty and starring Gwenllian Gill, Jack Livesey and Molly Hamley-Clifford. It was made at Cricklewood Studios as a quota quickie for release by Paramount Pictures. [1]

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  1. Chibnall p.296

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