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The Herring Murder Mystery
9.0 / 10• 1943• 7m•NR• English
AnimationComedy
Storyline
A man working in a fish cannery has a guilty conscience and begins to imagine he is a murderer. In his delirium/dream the fish try him for murder in a crazy court-room scene at the bottom of the ocean, which incorporates the 'Information, Please" radio routine, and also has a fish-jury who sing a little ditty called "There's Nothing On the End of the Hook." Re-released to theaters again in 1954, before Columbia sold it to television stations.
What People Are Saying
5.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Dun Roman's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
5.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Herring Murder Mystery is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
