When an escaped con seems to have knocked off an up and coming broadway star at the train station, the cops move in fast. Sam Levine is Inspector Gunther. He goes around the room of suspects and family members. Flashbacks, as we hear how they are all connected to Mida King ( Patricia Dane). Tom Conway (one of the Falcons!) is way down in the cast list as Ciro. Connie Gilchrist is the loud, pushy Pearl Delroy, who seems to know a lot about Mida, and her friends. Van Heflin has a co-starring role, but sure got top billing. It's good. Has some clever, light banter, as the suspects all seem in a hurry to solve this thing. Based on the novel by Sue MacVeigh. Directed by Sylvan Simon; died so young at age 41. He managed to work with the big names in his short career. This came out a couple months after the country had been pulled into WW II, but no discussion of the war. Although they do say See at the end of almost every sentence, like every good murder mystery. One fun observation - the author's real name is Elizabeth Custer Nearing... she managed to name two of the married characters Custer. Fun. With so much talking, which takes place at the train station, this feels like it started out as a play.
Review of Grand Central Murder
