She Shall Have Murder

A law office clerk who aspires to be a crime writer, turns into a detective when someone at her work is murdered.^[2]

• Rosamund John as Jane Hamish
• Derrick De Marney as Dagobert Brown
• Mary Jerrold as Mrs. Robjohn
• Felix Aylmer as Mr. Playfair
• Joyce Heron as Rosemary Proctor
• Jack Allen as Major Stewart
• Henryetta Edwards as Sarah Swinburne
• Harry Fowler as Albert Oates
• John Bentley as Douglas Robjohn
• Beatrice Varley as Mrs. Hawthorne
• June Elvin as Barbara Jennings
• Jack McNaughton as bBarman
• Olaf Pooley as Mr. White
• Dennis Val Norton as pub landlord
• Francis de Wolff as Police Inspector
• Jonathan Field as darts player
• Jimmy Rhodes as racing man
• Tony Hilton as steward
• Frances Leak as shooting gallery attendant
• Wanda Rands as change girl
• Duncan Lamont as Police Sergeant

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "The tone of the film is one of determined and occasionally forced gaiety, which the action is too slow to sustain; the mystery, however, holds a certain amount of interest to the end, although none of the characters are sufficiently developed (particularly the murderer) for their motives to assume much plausibility."^[4]

Picture Show wrote: "Acting honours go to Harry Fowler for his smooth, humorously horrifying characterisation as an office boy with a flourishing 'spiv' sideline. Rosamund John and Derrick de Marney give most attractive portrayals and are excellently supported."^[5]

Picturegoer wrote: "Another British film which doesn't come off – despite some very gallant acting by its stars. The cause of the trouble is a jumbled script – it is shockingly naive at times – which contains too many miraculous coincidences."^[6]

In British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959 David Quinlan rated the film as "mediocre", writing: "Slow unconvincingly acted film has most of the faults typical of second-rate British thrillers of the time"^[7]