# Molly Moran — The Box Office Murders character guide > Molly Moran in The Box Office Murders by Freeman Wills Crofts. **Role:** major **Also known as:** Miss Molly Moran, Miss Moran, Molly, Moran, Poor little Molly **First appearance:** 0000-i-the-purple-sickle ## Snapshot A young box-office girl who becomes the gang's next target, she wakes bound and gagged in a moving car, terrified she will share Thurza Darke's fate. ## Who they are Molly is drawn into the case through her work at a cinema and her connection to the missing girls, and when she is kidnapped by Style she becomes the story's most immediate stake. Bound in the tonneau of a car, she fights despair with a fierce, almost physical hunger for ordinary life—sunlight, friends, even her old box office. Her refusal to break under interrogation buys her time and gives French the pressure he needs to close in. ## Relationships ### [Mr. Style](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_box_office_murders_se/characters/mr_style) _professional_ Molly Moran and Mr. Style have a professional connection, likely as employer-employee or colleague relationship within the theater or box office setting. ### [Gwen Lestrange](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_box_office_murders_se/characters/gwen_lestrange) _rivalry_ Gwen Lestrange and Molly Moran are rivals, possibly competing for attention or involved in a tense personal conflict related to the case. ### [Mr. Westinghouse](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_box_office_murders_se/characters/mr_westinghouse) _social_ Molly Moran and Mr. Westinghouse are acquaintances, likely connected through the theater or social circles surrounding the box office. ### [Mr. Arrowsmith](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_box_office_murders_se/characters/mr_arrowsmith) _social_ Molly Moran and Mr. Arrowsmith have a social acquaintance, possibly through the theater or shared connections. ### [Curtice Welland](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_box_office_murders_se/characters/curtice_welland) _rivalry_ Curtice Welland and Molly Moran are adversaries, with Welland likely being a threat or antagonist to Molly in the story. ### [Mr. Style](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_box_office_murders_se/characters/mr_style) _professional_ Molly Moran and Mr. Style have a professional connection, likely as employer-employee or colleague relationship within the theater or box office setting. ### [Mr. Style](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_box_office_murders_se/characters/mr_style) _professional_ Molly Moran and Mr. Style have a professional connection, likely as employer-employee or colleague relationship within the theater or box office setting. ### [Gwen Lestrange](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_box_office_murders_se/characters/gwen_lestrange) _rivalry_ Gwen Lestrange and Molly Moran are rivals, possibly competing for attention or involved in a tense personal conflict related to the case. ### [Gwen Lestrange](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_box_office_murders_se/characters/gwen_lestrange) _rivalry_ Gwen Lestrange and Molly Moran are rivals, possibly competing for attention or involved in a tense personal conflict related to the case. ### [Mr. Westinghouse](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_box_office_murders_se/characters/mr_westinghouse) _social_ Molly Moran and Mr. Westinghouse are acquaintances, likely connected through the theater or social circles surrounding the box office. ### [Curtice Welland](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_box_office_murders_se/characters/curtice_welland) _rivalry_ Curtice Welland and Molly Moran are adversaries, with Welland likely being a threat or antagonist to Molly in the story. ### [Mr. Arrowsmith](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_box_office_murders_se/characters/mr_arrowsmith) _social_ Molly Moran and Mr. Arrowsmith have a social acquaintance, possibly through the theater or shared connections. ## In the story ### [VI: The Supreme Appeal Court](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_box_office_murders_se/chapters/vi-the-supreme-appeal-court) One of three cinema cashiers French decides to investigate further due to her landlady's evasiveness. ### [VII: Fair Passengers](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_box_office_murders_se/chapters/vii-fair-passengers) One of the three box office girls being shadowed; she is picked up by a grey car and later seen walking to the Panopticon. ### [IX: French Makes a Second Assignation](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_box_office_murders_se/chapters/ix-french-makes-a-second-assignation) Terrified by French's visit, claims involvement in a gambling scheme, but her story is revealed as a fabrication. ### [XI: The Happy Paterfamilias](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_box_office_murders_se/chapters/xi-the-happy-paterfamilias) Under surveillance at the Panopticon box office; French plans to win her trust. ### [XII: The Car’s Freight](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_box_office_murders_se/chapters/xii-the-car-s-freight) Breaks down under French's interrogation and confesses her role in the gambling scheme, describing how she was recruited by Welland and Style to pass out old half crowns. ### [XIII: The Transport of Supplies](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_box_office_murders_se/chapters/xiii-the-transport-of-supplies) Meets French at the Panopticon, provides Welland's half crowns, and is warned to avoid Waterloo and Harrow. ### [The Property Adjoining](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_box_office_murders_se/chapters/xiv-the-property-adjoining) Reported missing; French fears she has been taken by the gang after she told him her story. ### [XV: Mr. Cullimore Expounds](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_box_office_murders_se/chapters/xv-mr-cullimore-expounds) Disappeared and believed kidnapped; French is desperate to find her. ### [XVI: In the Net](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_box_office_murders_se/chapters/xvi-in-the-net) Molly is conflicted after confessing to French; she disobeys his warning, is kidnapped, and threatened with death by drowning. ### [XVII: The Shadows Loom Nearer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_box_office_murders_se/chapters/xvii-the-shadows-loom-nearer) Imprisoned, terrified, but resourceful; attempts escape via skylight and message darts. ### [XVIII: When Greek Meets Greek](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_box_office_murders_se/chapters/xviii-when-greek-meets-greek) The kidnapped girl; her location is revealed by the paper darts, and French races to save her. ### [Conclusion](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_box_office_murders_se/chapters/xix-conclusion) Molly is rescued after being kidnapped by the gang. She is not prosecuted and retains nearly four hundred pounds from her involvement in the scheme. ## Links - HTML: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_box_office_murders_se/characters/molly_moran - Book: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_box_office_murders_se - All characters: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_box_office_murders_se/characters