Murder! (1930 film) names of the two principal characters. The portrayal of the character Sir John Mernier was loosely based on that of the actor Gerald du Maurier, who was a friend of Hitchcock. Hitchcock later adapted three novels written by du Maurier's daughter Daphne du Maurier: "Jamaica Inn", "Rebecca" and "The Birds". Hitchcock makes his cameo appearance in the film as a man walking past the murder victim's house. The film's sets were designed by the art director John Mead. The German language version of the film, "Mary", was shot simultaneously on the same set with German speaking actors. Miles Mander reprised
Sasneham Sumithra her head. A police officer InspectorMuhammed Kutty (Siddique) comes to investigate the case. He concludes that Sumithra committed suicide as she was suffering from a terminal illness. But Balan and his brother-in-law Shekhar(Lalu Alex) who conducted a parallel investigation on Sumithra's death finds the real murderer of Sumithra and he is arrested by Inspector Muhammed. It is a rehash of the 1938 book named "Rebecca" written by Daphne du Maurier which was adapted into film with the same name by Alfred Hitchcock. The music was composed by Ouseppachan and lyrics were written by Shibu Chakravarthy. Sasneham Sumithra Sasneham Sumithra is