They Call It Murder is a 1971 American television film directed by Walter Grauman.
Walter E. Grauman is an American director of stage shows, films and television shows. Grauman was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to Jacob and Irene Grauman, both children of German immigrants who married after settling in the United States. His father, Jacob Grauman, was president of a film... distributing company. In his early years, Grauman lived in Shorewood Village, Wisconsin, a suburb of Milwaukee, and later moved Arizona where he attended the University of Arizona. He served for four years in the United States Army Air Force flying 56 combat missions over Europe in a B-25 in the Twelfth Air Force and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross before moving to California, where his mother was living at the time. After spending a few years running his own business, Grauman eventually took a job as stage manager at NBC's studios in Los Angeles. During his stint working at the network, he and relative Alan Armer developed a talent-show type program that proved popular, setting the mold for shows like Star Search and American Idol to follow.more