Busman's Honeymoon

Busman's Honeymoon (1940)

Mystery thrills in a LOVE NEST!

When Lord Peter Wimsey marries Harriet Vane, a crime author, they both promise to give up crime for good. As a wedding present, Peter purchases the old house where Harriet grew up, but when they try to move in the previous owner is nowhere to be found, until they start to clean the house and find his body in the cellar...

Date of release
1940-07-22
TMDB
5.9 / 10 (14)
Runtime
1h 39m
Genres
Mystery, Comedy, Romance
Director
Arthur B. Woods

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: Busman's Honeymoon

Busman's Honeymoon is a 1940 British detective film directed by Arthur B. Woods and starring Robert Montgomery, Constance Cummings, Leslie Banks, Googie Withers, Robert Newton and Seymour Hicks. It was written by Monckton Hoffe, Angus MacPhail and Harold Goldman, adapted from the 1937 Lord Peter Wimsey novel Busman's Honeymoon by Dorothy L. Sayers.

Production

Location shooting on Busman's Honeymoon began 4 August 1939 with Richard Thorpe as the original director. After the outbreak of the Second World War, the film was "shelved" until March 1940 with Arthur B. Woods appointed as director. Principal photography took place from 21 March to mid-April 1940 at Denham Studios, as well as other locations in England.

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