A Strange Adventure (1932 film)
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A Strange Adventure | |
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![]() Dwight Frye in the film | |
Directed by | Phil Whitman |
Written by | Arthur Hoerl (story) Lee Chadwick Hampton Del Ruth |
Produced by | I.E. Chadwick |
Starring | Regis Toomey June Clyde Lucille La Verne |
Cinematography | Leon Shamroy |
Edited by | Carl Pierson |
Music by | Abe Meyer |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Monogram Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 60 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
A Strange Adventure is a 1932 American Pre-Code mystery film directed by Phil Whitman and starring Regis Toomey, June Clyde and Lucille La Verne.[1] It is also known by the alternative title of The Wayne Murder Case.
Plot
When disagreeable millionaire Silas Wayne is murdered in his mansion with a large crowd of guests present who "saw nothing", it is up to homicide detective Mitchell to discover which of Wayne's abused employees or greedy relatives might have committed the crime.
Cast
- Regis Toomey as Detective-Sergeant Mitchell
- June Clyde as 'Nosey' Toodles
- Lucille La Verne as Miss Sheen
- Jason Robards Sr. as Dr. Bailey
- William V. Mong as Silas Wayne
- Eddie Phillips as Claude Wayne
- Dwight Frye as Robert Wayne
- Nadine Dore as Gloria Dryden
- Alan Roscoe as Stephen Boulter
- Isabel Vecki as Sarah Boulter
References
- ^ Gates p. 95
Bibliography
- Gates, Phillipa. Detecting Women: Gender and the Hollywood Detective Film. SUNY Press, 2011.
External links
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- 1930s English-language films
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