Mystery House
Who will be the killer's next victim?
1938 | 56m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Noel M. Smith |
|---|---|
| Writer: | Sherman L. Lowe, Robertson White, Mignon G. Eberhart |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | May 21, 1938 |
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| Director: | Noel M. Smith |
| Writer: | Sherman L. Lowe, Robertson White, Mignon G. Eberhart |
| Genres: | Adventure, Crime, Mystery |
| Keywords | suicide, nurse, detective, old house |
| Production Companies | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 26, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Dick Purcell | Lance O'Leary |
| Ann Sheridan | Nurse Sarah Keate |
| Anne Nagel | Gwen Kingery |
| William Hopper | Lal Killian |
| Anthony Averill | Julian Barre |
| Dennie Moore | Annette |
| Hugh O'Connell | Newell Morse |
| Ben Welden | Gerald Frawley |
| Sheila Bromley | Terice Von Elm |
| Elspeth Dudgeon | Aunt Lucy Kingery |
| Anderson Lawler | Joe Page |
| Trevor Bardette | Bruker |
| Loia Cheaney | 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) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Noel M. Smith | Director |
| Sherman L. Lowe | Screenplay |
| Robertson White | Screenplay |
| Mignon G. Eberhart | Novel |
| L. William O'Connell | Director of Photography |
| Stanley Fleischer | Art Direction |
| Howard Shoup | Costume Design |
| Frank Magee | Editor |
| Howard Jackson | Original Music Composer |
| Chuck Hansen | Assistant Director |
| Leslie G. Hewitt | Sound |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Jack L. Warner | Executive Producer |
| Hal B. Wallis | Executive Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 1 |
| 2024 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 2 |
| 2024 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 1 |
| 2024 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| 2024 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
| 2024 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2024 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 1 |
| 2024 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 2024 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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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 pla ... y. 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.