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.
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.