The Black Abbot
1934 | 56m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | George A. Cooper |
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| Writer: | Philip Godfrey, Terence Egan |
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| A gang of crooks uses the legend of a ghost haunting an old dark mansion to help them kidnap a rich man. | |
| Release Date: | Jun 10, 1934 |
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| Director: | George A. Cooper |
| Writer: | Philip Godfrey, Terence Egan |
| Genres: | Mystery, Thriller |
| Keywords | treasure, hidden room |
| Production Companies | Real Art Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 04, 2024 Entered: May 05, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
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| John Stuart | Frank Brooks |
| Judy Kelly | Sylvia Hillcrest |
| Edgar Norfolk | Brian Heslewood |
| Richard Cooper | Lord Jerry Pilkdown |
| Drusilla Wills | Mary Hillcrist |
| Farren Soutar | John Hillcrist |
| Cyril Smith | Alf Higgins |
| Earl Grey | Phillips, the butler |
| Ben Welden | Charlie Marsh |
| John Turnbull | Inspector Lockwood |
| Davina Whitehouse | Jane, the maid |
| Name | Job |
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| George A. Cooper | Director |
| Philip Godfrey | Story |
| Terence Egan | Adaptation |
| Ernest Palmer | Director of Photography |
| James A. Carter | Art Direction |
| Fred V. Merrick | Assistant Director |
| Carlisle Mounteney | Sound Recordist |
| Julius Hagen | Presenter |
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| 2024 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
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John Stuart doesn't really have much to do in this rather routine, gently comedic, haunted house mystery. His "Brooks" character finds himself trying to identify a phantom that inhabits an old monastery and who has an habit of terrifying - or worse - the other occupants. Those range from the upper c ... lass nitwits to the loved-up servants - and he has to get a move on before there is no-one left to help discover who's up to all of this mischief and why? It's all a bit too verbal, and at just under the hour, there is still quite a fair degree of padding too. It's still watchable enough if you like an early example of a British-made thriller that uses the gloominess of the scenario and a minimum of wattage to help present the thinnest of stories in quite an eerie style.