SEE HOW THEY RUN Trailer Teases a Silly Murder Mystery

Who doesn’t love a good whodunit. It’s a beloved subgenre since the dawn of the murder mystery genre back in the mid-19th century. Fans clamor at the opportunity to put together clues, look out for read herrings, and solve a crime. From novels to movies to a good limited series, whodunits are always in demand. Most recently, we’ve inhaled Knives Out, with a sequel on the way, and The Afterparty. The next addition is the ’50s-set See How They Run, starring Saoirse Ronan and Sam Rockwell as a pair of detectives solving a murder in London’s West End. And the See How They Run trailer promises a whole lot of goofy good fun.

In Rockwell and Ronan, the film pairs the classic jaded veteran detective with a quippy, excitable rookie partner. The two are called on the case after film director Leo Köpernick (Adrien Brody), set to helm an adaptation of a West End show, is murdered. And it certainly sounds like all involved in the production have a motive. Yep, this means a whole lot of show biz energy. Toss in a potential serial killer, and some high drama is afoot!

Ruth WIlson, Reece Shearsmith, Harris Dickinson, Sian Clifford, Pearl Chanda, Jacob Fortune Lloyd, David Oyelowo and Ania Marson in the film See How They Run, a silly murder mystery.
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Here’s the synopsis for See How They Run:

In the West End of 1950s London, plans for a movie version of a smash-hit play come to an abrupt halt after a pivotal member of the crew is murdered. When world-weary Inspector Stoppard (Sam Rockwell) and eager rookie Constable Stalker (Saoirse Ronan) take on the case, the two find themselves thrown into a puzzling whodunit within the glamorously sordid theater underground, investigating the mysterious homicide at their own peril.
Sam Rockwell and Saoirse Ronan in the film See How They Run
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The film’s star-studded cast also includes David Oyelowo, Ruth Wilson, Harris Dickinson, Shirley Henderson, Sian Clifford, Jacob Fortune-Lloyd, Reece Shearsmith, Charlie Cooper. Tom George directs the murder mystery, with a script from Mark Chappell.

See How They Run debuts in September 2022.