Murder He Says (1945)

An employee of a polling company is sent into the backwoods country to find a missing employee. What he finds is a crazy family of homicidal hillbillies and they have no intention of letting him get out alive! Directed by George Marshall (GHOST BREAKERS), this is a comedic gem and hilarious black farce that still hasn't received its due. The pace is suitably frantic and a befuddled MacMurray is a perfect foil for Marjorie Main's psychopathic matriarch and her dim witted trigger happy twins (both played by Peter Whitney). The appealing Helen Walker provides the romantic interest. The comedic highlight is a dinner with a poisoned plate that nobody wants to eat that gets passed around the table. This wacky diversion should please even the most demanding of comedy fans. With Barbara Pepper, Porter Hall, Mabel Paige and Jean Heather.