Rynox
Who Killed Benedik?
1932 | 47m | English
Popularity: 0.3 (history)
| Director: | Michael Powell |
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| Writer: | Philip MacDonald, Jerome Jackson, Joseph Jefferson Farjeon, Michael Powell |
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| Things are not all well at Rynox House, where the company is on the verge of collapse. At the same time, its senior partner, FX Benedik, keeps receiving threats from the disgruntled Boswell Marsh, who is seen in town buying theatre tickets and revolvers. As the Rynox staff, including the young Tony Benedik, work to keep the business afloat, FX invites Marsh to settle his grievances at his house one fateful night.... | |
| Release Date: | May 07, 1932 |
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| Director: | Michael Powell |
| Writer: | Philip MacDonald, Jerome Jackson, Joseph Jefferson Farjeon, Michael Powell |
| Genres: | Drama |
| Keywords | murder, business tycoon |
| Production Companies | Film Engineering |
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Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 30, 2026 Entered: Apr 30, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Stewart Rome | Francis Xavier Benedik / Boswell Marsh |
| John Longden | Anthony Xavier 'Tony' Benedik |
| Dorothy Boyd | Petronella 'Peter' Rickforth |
| Charles Paton | Samuel Faraday Rickforth |
| Leslie Mitchell | Basil Woolrich |
| Sybil Grove | Elsa Victoria Fairburn, Benedik's housekeeper |
| Cecil Clayton | Mr Musgrove, theatre ticket agent |
| Fletcher Lightfoot | William Prout, Benedik's butler |
| Edmund Willard | Captain Inigo 'Glassy' James |
| Eileen Lamb | Christabel Pagan, Benedik's private secretary |
| Fred Schwarz | MacDonald, creditor |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Philip MacDonald | Novel, Screenplay |
| Arthur Seabourne | Editor |
| G.C. Wingrove | Art Direction |
| Rex Howarth | Sound |
| Arthur Grant | Director of Photography |
| Geoffrey Faithfull | Director of Photography |
| W.G. Saunders | Set Designer |
| Jerome Jackson | Screenplay |
| Joseph Jefferson Farjeon | Screenplay |
| Michael Powell | Director, Screenplay |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Jerome Jackson | Producer |
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With his eponymous company facing bankruptcy, owner "F.X. Benedik" is found slain and it falls to his son "Tony" (John Longden) to try to track down the curmudgeonly "Marsh" (Stewart Rome) who has an axe to grind with the business and might be implicated. This is probably only notable as being Micha ... el Powell's directorial debut - and for a talkie only just out of nappies, there is quite a lot of movement and outdoor photography to help distinguish it from many of it's more drab, stage-bound, contemporaries. Otherwise, though, it's an unremarkable little whodunit with little jeopardy and way too much script. Rome does a decent enough job as the irritating "Marsh" and Dorothy Boyd ("Peter") brings a touch of glamour, though little of substance, as the mystery gradually unfolds - but don't expect much of a challenge for your own little grey cells, that's all a bit of a no-brainer.