A police lieutenant and a female reporter investigate a series of murders comitted by a hooded killer in an old dark house.A police lieutenant and a female reporter investigate a series of murders comitted by a hooded killer in an old dark house.A police lieutenant and a female reporter investigate a series of murders comitted by a hooded killer in an old dark house.
Jason Robards Sr.
- Dr. Bailey
- (as Jason Robards)
Isabel Vecki
- Sarah Boulter
- (as Isabelle Vecki)
Eddy Chandler
- Police Sgt. Kelly
- (as Eddie Chandler)
Fred 'Snowflake' Toones
- Jeff
- (as Snowflake)
Jack Cheatham
- Police Guard at Front Door
- (uncredited)
Kit Guard
- Joe, Reporter
- (uncredited)
William Humphrey
- Coroner
- (uncredited)
Harry Tenbrook
- Taxi Driver
- (uncredited)
- Directors
- Phil Whitman
- Hampton Del Ruth(uncredited)
- Writers
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
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- TriviaThis is not the first film that show a black guy who is afraid of his own shadow,. Even in the silents films, D W Griffit was awarded honorary member of the Ku Klux Klan after the release of the film Birth of Nation in 1916.
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Another in the Old Dark House Vein
Silas Wayne is about to read the benefactors of his will to his nearest relatives and associates (whom he all hates and thinks nothing of), when he fulfills the eternal movie cliché of dying just before he is about to read the stipulations. Two police officers (who were summoned by Wayne, so that he could reveal a criminal in his midst to) summon Detective Sergeant Mitchell to investigate the murder. Nosy Toodles (a newspaper reporter) also works to solve the crime with Mitchell, much to his regret. The prime suspect is Claude Wayne, nephew and secretary to the murdered man, who stole a valuable diamond which was to be given to Wayne's maid, Ms. Sheen, but a mysterious cloaked figure lurks the house that evening and strangles Claude Wayne and also tries to eliminate all the other murder suspects one by one. This movie was described on the title card as "A Monogram Melodrama" and the filmmakers emphasized that part to the fullest. It has plenty of murder mystery clichés and performances that are respective of the genre, but the film is badly directed by Whitman, with many scenes just taken forever to go on. June Clyde probably gives the only performance with any life in it, and Snowflake's "comedy" antics are somewhat painful to watch. The end does seem to come out of nowhere, since I thought a lot more substance would precede it. All in all, a decent poverty row mystery. Rating, 5.
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- Mike-764
- Dec 8, 2004
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- The Wayne Murder Case
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- Runtime1 hour
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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