Dear Murderer

Dear Murderer
Theatrical release poster
Directed byArthur Crabtree
Written byMuriel Box
Sydney Box
Peter Rogers
Based onplay by St. John Legh Clowes
Produced byBetty Box
executive
Sydney Box
StarringEric Portman
Greta Gynt
CinematographyStephen Dade
Edited byGordon Hales
Music byBenjamin Frankel
Production
company
Distributed byGeneral Film Distributors (UK)
Universal (US)
Release date
  • 29 May 1947 (1947-05-29)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£125,000[1]
Box office£139,000 (by July 1953)[2]

Dear Murderer is a 1947 British film noir crime, drama, thriller, directed by Arthur Crabtree for Gainsborough Pictures, and starring Eric Portman and Greta Gynt.

The film has come to be regarded as one of the best movies made under the supervision of Sydney Box at Gainsborough.[2]

  1. ^ "Woman Film Producer 'Bloodthirsty'". Tweed Daily. Murwillumbah, NSW. 23 January 1947. p. 3. Retrieved 17 December 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ a b Andrew Spicer, Sydney Box Manchester Uni Press 2006 p 210