Busman's Honeymoon (1940)

6.0/10 99 min Mystery Comedy Romance

Overview

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...

Cast

Robert Montgomery

Lord Peter Wimsey

Constance Cummings

Harriet Vane

Leslie Banks

Inspector Kirk

Seymour Hicks

Mervyn Bunter (as Sir Seymour Hicks)

Robert Newton

Frank Crutchley

Googie Withers

Polly

Frank Pettingell

Puffett

Joan Kemp-Welch

Aggie Twitterton

Aubrey Mallalieu

Rev. Simon Goodacre

Roy Emerton

Noakes

Louise Hampton

Mrs. Ruddle

Eliot Makeham

Simpson

Reginald Purdell

MacBride

Gwen Ffrangcon Davies

Woman (uncredited)

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