Mystery House

Mystery House

21/5/1938 0h 56m 4.9/10

Overview

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.

Director

Noel M. Smith

Top Billed Cast

William Hopper

William Hopper

Lal Killian

Ann Sheridan

Ann Sheridan

Nurse Sarah Keate

Anne Nagel

Anne Nagel

Gwen Kingery

Dennie Moore

Dennie Moore

Annette

Dick Purcell

Dick Purcell

Lance O'Leary

Anthony Averill

Anthony Averill

Julian Barre

Reviews

CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

12/1/2023

6/10

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.

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