Busman's Honeymoon
A dead body is discovered in the newly-purchased home of a gentleman sleuth and his mystery novelist bride.
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"MGM specialized in upper-class motifs. Here it's newly-weds Lord and Lady Wimsey moving into a baronial mansion in rural England only to find that the previous owner has taken up final residence in the cellar. So, Wimsey being an amateur sleuth and she being a crime writer, the Lord and Lady's honeymoon must be postponed, despite their pledges to leave detecting to the police. The film's generally too long such that the tepid script gets stretched beyond plot capacity. As others point out, the mystery doesn't get going til the last 20-minutes. The production does manage so..."
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Fourth and final film made by MGM British Studios before it closed for the duration of WWII.
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A dead body is discovered in the newly-purchased home of a gentleman sleuth and his mystery novelist bride.