The Crime of the Century

Notable for containing a scene in which the movie pauses for 60 seconds to allow the audience to try to figure out the murder. William Beaudine at the peak of his powers. He even moves the camera a bit!

Will Sloan

Even if I hadn't purchased a DVD of The Crime of the Century off of eBay (from a user named "bfilmnut") recently out of a resurgence of personal interest in the wonderful Wynne Gibson, it still would have been a fine idea to check out this underseen pre-Code murder mystery…

theironcupcake

Crime of the Minute, more like. This silly whodunnit is based on a play and it shows it, although maybe director William Beaudine thought he was being film-savvy by halting the whole thing partway through to give audiences in cinemas a minute to "discuss amongst…

D Rock

SUPER fun with the crowd at the New Beverly! They loved the gimmick too! Definitely one of my favorite Beaudines.

Brian Saur

Without needing to tackle a mystery or investigation of a truly captivating (or of the century-level) nature, the filmmakers provide the picture with a constant flow and energy through dialogue, clues, narrative devices, and ultimately, pure entertainment. Perfect for…

COBB

-”You know, It’d be smarter to go after that fellow with the money.” -”Alright, but you’re the bird in hand - we’ve got you.” -”That’s nothing to the bird you’re gonna get.” -”Huh?” So - Jean Hersholt walks into a police station . . . Preposterously convoluted and…

Karina Oliveira

Any movie that pauses for a minute to challenge you to solve the mystery is automatically good. The fact that this one also has one corker of an ending doesn't hurt either.

Danny

This was a pretty clever murder mystery! A ''Whodunnit?' that deserves a much wider audience! They even have a 1 minutes intermission-recap with 20 minutes to go so that that audience can collect their thoughts on everything that's happened and figure out for themselves who…

PUNQ

William Beaudine, the Director of Crime of the Century (It's hardly that), is the Grandfather of my long time AD & Production Manager Skip Beaudine. William directed several of WC Fields best movies including my favorite It's a Gift. Skip's parking space at universal was…

Allan Arkush