Who Killed Aunt Maggie?

Who Killed Aunt Maggie? (1940)

When a much-despised matriarch is murdered, or apparently murdered, all of her relatives and "friends" fall under suspicion. Sheriff Gregory is the official investigator, but most of the clue gathering is done by amateur sleuths Kirk Pierce and Sally Ambler.

Date of release
1940-11-01
TMDB
5.5 / 10 (4)
Runtime
1h 10m
Genres
Crime, Mystery
Director
Arthur Lubin

Casting

Interesting facts

Who Killed Aunt Maggie? is a 1940 American mystery film directed by Arthur Lubin and starring John Hubbard, Wendy Barrie and Mona Barrie. It was produced and distributed by Republic Pictures.

Production

The film was based on a bestselling 1939 novel by Medora Field, a writer for the Atlanta Journal Magazine. Field's close friend Margaret Mitchell encouraged her to write the book after Field had urged Mitchell to submit her manuscript for Gone with the Wind to Macmillan in 1935.

Republic Pictures bought the film rights in 1940. Stewart Palmer was assigned to write the script in June 1940. The studio briefly considered renaming the film Belle of Atlanta before settling on the book's original title. The cast and crew were set by late August, with John Hubbard borrowed from Hal Roach. Filming was completed by September.

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