Mystery House

1938

56m

IMDb RATING

4.4/10

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Crime

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When a banker is found shot dead with a gun in his hand, his daughter refuses to believe it is a suicide. With the help of a detective, she hopes to get to the bottom of the case.

Directors

Noel M. Smith

Writers

Mignon G. Eberhart(novel by)

Robertson White(screenplay by)

Sherman L. Lowe(screenplay by)

Stars

Dick Purcell

Ann Sheridan

Anne Nagel

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Top cast

Lance O'Leary

Nurse Sarah Keate

Gwen Kingery

Lal Killian

Julian Barre

Annette

Newell Morse

Gerald Frawley

Terice Von Elm

Aunt Lucy Kingery

Joe Page

Bruker

O'Leary's Secretary (Uncredited)

Stuart Holmes

Jury Foreman (Uncredited)

Jack Mower

The Coroner (Uncredited)

Paul Panzer

Extra at Inquest (Uncredited)

Eric Stanley

Hubert Kingery (Uncredited)

Jean Benedict

Helen Page (Uncredited)

Directors

Noel M. Smith

Writers

Mignon G. Eberhart(novel by)

Robertson White(screenplay by)

Sherman L. Lowe(screenplay by)

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After dropping a bit of a bombshell at a family dinner, old man "Kingery" (Eric Stanley) retires to his study where he is promptly shot. The door is locked. The windows are locked. Suicide seems the only answer for the coroner but not for his daughter "Gwen" (Anna Nagel) who is convinced of foul play. She summons ace private investigator "O'Leary" (Dick Purcell) and together with his wily sidekick "Sarah" (Ann Sheridan) they have to piece together just what happened and who did what to whom? As he becomes more embroiled, he realises that there are motives a-plenty amongst this man's family and friends so his task won't be easy... This is all a bit too stage-bound to really get exciting, but it does move along quite quickly and the denouement allows Elspeth Dudgeon ("Aunt Lucy") to have some fun with a vase amidst a furniture fight. Forgettable B-list afternoon fodder but I quite enjoyed it for an hour.

Geronimo196701 Dec, 2023