Bury Me Dead (1947)

The body of a wealthy heiress is found in a burned out stable, her death assumed to be a tragic accident. But on the day of her funeral, everyone is stunned when she (June Lockhart) shows up very much alive. So whose body was buried? Based on a radio play by Irene Winston and directed by Bernard Vorhaus (a blacklist victim who moved to Europe before retiring from films). This poverty row B murder mystery is often mistakenly referred to as film noir but that's likely because of the great John Alton's (THE BIG COMBO) noir like B&W cinematography. The film makes the mistake of adding some lame comedy to the narrative which lessens the impact of its core mystery. Most of the suspects are too obvious so I went for the least likely person to have committed the crime and I was right! With Cathy O'Donnell, Hugh Beaumont, Sonia Darrin (THE BIG SLEEP), Mark Daniels and the muscle bound Greg McClure (whose life would make a pretty good movie on its own).