HOMICIDE

US Release date: 2 April 1949

First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 8 July 1950

Genre: Crime

Country: USA

Running time: 77 minutes.

Director: Felix Jacoves

Cast: Robert Douglas, Helen Westcott & Robert Alda

Australian Distributor: Warner Bros

Melbourne Premiere Venue: Hoyts’ Esquire theatre for four weeks from 26 May 1950 supporting The Younger Brothers.

Suburban Release Type: Hoyts 11-W-2

Rankings

		Rank
EF Points	116	181
EF PPE	2.00	262
Metres Travelled	584,751	15
Average MT	10,082	195
Engagements	58	10
Slots	76	46
Weeks	18	80
Weeks as % of engagements	31.03%	131
Saturdays	16	149
Sats as % of engagements	27.59%	231
Tuesdays	24	62
Tues as % of engagements	41.38%	135
First billed	1	237
Second billed	57	1
Feature only	0	34*

Hoyts ratios

Engagements weeks 1-10	52
Ratio	89.66%
Difference to chain ratio	-2.70%
Eng weeks 11-26	5
Ratio	8.62%
Difference to chain ratio	3.23%
Eng weeks 27-52	1
Ratio	1.72%
Difference to chain ratio	-0.52%
Hoyts eng	33
Ratio	56.90%
Difference to chain ratio	-8.88%
Independent eng	8
Ratio	13.79%
Difference to chain ratio	2.29%
Suburban eng	17
Ratio	29.31%
Difference to chain ratio	6.59%

Notes: Warners crime drama divided its time between supporting both Unknown Island and I Was a Male War Bride. On the strength of the latter it managed 18 full weeks of play pulling it over the 100 EF point mark. This metric was not hurt by the fact it received a very healthy 58 bookings, ranking it 10th overall.

Homicide engagements

SUBURB	VENUE	CHAIN	DATE	W	D	B	CO-FEATURE
Collingwood	Austral	Suburban	8/7/50	1	S	2	I Was a Male War Bride
Newmarket	Newmarket	Suburban	15/7/50	1	S	2	I Was a Male War Bride
Albert Park	Park	Hoyts	8/7/50	1	T	2	Unknown Island
Fitzroy	Regent	Hoyts	8/7/50	1	T	2	Unknown Island
North Fitzroy	Merri	Hoyts	8/7/50	1	T	2	Unknown Island
Port Melbourne	Eclipse	Hoyts	8/7/50	1	T	2	Unknown Island
Richmond	Cinema	Hoyts	8/7/50	1	T	2	Unknown Island
Caulfield	Crystal Palace	Suburban	8/7/50	1	W	2	I Was a Male War Bride
St.Kilda	Palais	Suburban	8/7/50	1	W	2	Take One False Step
Brunswick	Padua	Hoyts	8/7/50	1	W	2	I Was a Male War Bride
Malvern	New	Hoyts	8/7/50	1	W	2	I Was a Male War Bride
Richmond	Globe	Suburban	15/7/50	2	S	2	Unknown Island
Glenhuntly	Glenhuntly	Hoyts	15/7/50	2	S	2	I Was a Male War Bride
Ascot Vale	Ascot	Suburban	15/7/50	2	T	2	Unknown Island
Camberwell	Rivoli	Suburban	15/7/50	2	T	2	Unknown Island
Northcote	Northcote	Suburban	15/7/50	2	T	2	Unknown Island
Ascot Vale	Waratah	Hoyts	15/7/50	2	T	2	Unknown Island
Essendon	Plaza	Hoyts	15/7/50	2	T	2	Unknown Island
Essendon	Circle	Hoyts	15/7/50	2	T	2	Unknown Island
Thornbury	Regent	Hoyts	15/7/50	2	T	2	Unknown Island
Brighton	Centre	Hoyts	15/7/50	2	W	2	I Was a Male War Bride
Elsternwick	Renown	Hoyts	15/7/50	2	W	2	I Was a Male War Bride
Carnegie	Carnegie	Hoyts	22/7/50	3	S	2	I Was a Male War Bride
Glenferrie	Palace	Hoyts	22/7/50	3	S	2	I Was a Male War Bride
Brunswick	Alhambra	Hoyts	22/7/50	3	T	2	I Was a Male War Bride
Preston	Circle	Hoyts	22/7/50	3	T	2	Unknown Island
Balwyn	Time	Hoyts	22/7/50	3	W	2	I Was a Male War Bride
Bentleigh	Bentleigh	Hoyts	22/7/50	3	W	2	I Was a Male War Bride
Camberwell	Broadway	Hoyts	22/7/50	3	W	2	I Was a Male War Bride
Coburg	Grand	Hoyts	15/7/50	3	W	2	I Was a Male War Bride
Footscray	Trocadero	Hoyts	22/7/50	3	W	2	I Was a Male War Bride
Gardiner	Regent	Hoyts	22/7/50	3	W	2	I Was a Male War Bride
Hampton	Southern	Hoyts	22/7/50	3	W	2	I Was a Male War Bride
Kew	Rialto	Hoyts	22/7/50	3	W	2	I Was a Male War Bride
Fairfield	Fairfield	Suburban	29/7/50	4	S	2	I Was a Male War Bride
Hartwell	Regal	Suburban	29/7/50	4	S	2	I Was a Male War Bride
North Fitzroy	Palace	Suburban	29/7/50	4	T	2	Unknown Island
Brunswick	Lygon	Hoyts	29/7/50	4	T	2	Unknown Island
Footscray	Barkly	Hoyts	29/7/50	4	T	2	I Was a Male War Bride
Malvern	Victory	Hoyts	29/7/50	4	T	2	Unknown Island
Canterbury	Maling	Hoyts	29/7/50	4	W	2	I Was a Male War Bride
Ivanhoe	Ivanhoe	Hoyts	29/7/50	4	W	2	I Was a Male War Bride
Yarraville	St. George	Suburban	5/8/50	5	T	2	Unknown Island
Williamstown	Shore	Hoyts	5/8/50	5	T	2	Unknown Island
Oakleigh	Paramount	Independent	12/8/50	6	T	2	Unknown Island
Clifton Hill	Clifton	Suburban	12/8/50	6	W	2	I Was a Male War Bride
Box Hill	Regent	Suburban	19/8/50	7	S	2	The Drum
North Richmond	Victoria	Independent	26/8/50	8	S	2	I Was a Male War Bride
Preston West	Rivoli	Independent	26/8/50	8	T	2	Station West
Elwood	Broadway	Independent	2/9/50	9	S	2	Kind Hearts and Coronets
Eltham	Plaza	Suburban	2/9/50	9	S	2	South of St. Louis
Reservoir	Plaza	Independent	2/9/50	9	T	2	The Great Dan Patch
Malvern East	Verne	Suburban	16/9/50	11	S	2	Sanders of the River
Prahran	Empress	Hoyts	23/9/50	12	T	2	Dark Passage
Preston East	Gowerville	Independent	7/10/50	14	W	1	Landfall
South Melbourne	Empire	Suburban	21/10/50	16	S	2	April Showers
Coburg West	Progress	Independent	28/10/50	17	S	2	Sons of Matthew
North Melbourne	Central	Independent	24/3/51	38	S	2	My Dream is Yours