Meurtre et lune de miel

This was one of the MGMfilms made at Denham studios prior to the construction of their studios at Boreham Wood.Probably made in the UK to take advantage of the me quota requirements introduced by the 1938 act.This gave double quota for more expensive films.Michael Balcon was briefly in charge till he clashed with Louis B Mayer and left for Ealing.The problem with this film is that it is far too long.It spends the first 20 minutes without starting to advance the plot.The result being that by this time you have lost all interest in the film and therefore by the time the film really starts you could not care less.Looking at the credits 3 writers get credit but it probably had the input of many more.So. it becomes something of a dog's dinner.Any thriller made at Merton Park is better than this

This film has the makings of a good mystery film -- detective hubby marries mystery-writer wife, and move into the house where the wife was born. Unbeknownst to them, the last owner of the house was murdered the night before! This film relies HEAVILY on "local color" and the "local characters" to keep it going. (The mystery is a flop). It's overlong (you wonder WHEN it will end!) and the title is misleading -- there's no "supernatural element" in it whatsoever. Recommended for insomniacs! Norm

Gentleman sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey (Robert Montgomery) and mystery author Harriet Vane Wimsey (Constance Cummings) are newlyweds. Both are trying to get out of the crime mystery business. They move into their new home in Scotland. There's a murder. Crime just keeps following them. I expected this to be all Peter and Harriet. The movie opens with them and then spends over fifteen minutes with the locals and their personal melodramas. It's too much. The story needs to stay with Peter and Harriet. They generate a different tone from the other cast anyways. We, as the audience, need to discover the story along with them. It's an hour before they find the body. It's really a leisurely country stroll with a cast of country characters. Peter and Harriet are more side characters until they get to solve the case in the last act. This could be a fun mystery couple although this one is more about the various character actors.

Most of the reviews here are on target. This is a fun movie. It doesn't hold up to other mystery/comedies like The Thin Man Series. Also, it is not going to warm the hearts of Dorothy L. Sayers fans, who have very particular ideas about adapting stories featuring Lord Peter Wimsey. One reviewer called the title change (from Busman's Honeymoon to Haunted Honeymoon) pointless and unnecessary. Whatever one thinks of the title Haunted Honeymoon, the title change was understandable. Very few in America are familiar with the phrase "Busman's Holiday," which the original title is meant to be a version of. The joke is lost in translation. Therefore, a new title was needed.

Watchable but missable adaptation of Dorothy Sayer's novel about just married amateur detectives, Lord Peter Wimsey and crime novelist Harriet Vane (now of course Lady Wimsey) Attempts to add whimsical comic touches fall short of the mark and the detective mystery doesn't really grip either. Shown in the UK as Busman's Honeymoon, but in the US and also these days on TCM as Haunted Honeymoon - a pointless and misleading change.

An adaptation of Dorothy L. Sayers play and novel 'Busman's Honeymoon' that is less a mystery story and more a comedy with a mystery element. Robert Montgomery is plainly miscast as Lord Peter Wimsey but supporting him are a fine cast of British actors like Seymour Hicks, Leslie Banks, Robert Newton (obviously a villain), Googie Withers, Joan Kemp-Welch, Roy Emerton and Aubrey Mallalieu who keep one's interest going as the film's unsurprising plot unfolds.