Shadows in the Night

Shadows in the Night

27/7/1944 1h 7m 5.5/10

Overview

A criminal psychologist tries to help a beautiful heiress going mad in a haunted mansion.

Director

Eugene Forde

Top Billed Cast

Edward Norris

Edward Norris

Jess Hilton

Nina Foch

Nina Foch

Lois Garland

Lester Matthews

Lester Matthews

Stanley Carter

Ben Welden

Ben Welden

Nick Kallus

George Zucco

George Zucco

Frank Swift

Warner Baxter

Warner Baxter

Dr. Robert Ordway

Reviews

CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

1/8/2024

6/10

When the young "Lois" (Nina Foch) starts having nightmares at her seaside home, she calls in the help of renowned psycho-sleuth "Ordway" (Warner Baxter) to help her out. He duly arrives at her rambling pile and finds on his first night that he has become a sleepwalker. Luckily he is found by "Uncle George" (George Zucco) on the beach and escorted back to the house where he discovers a body. Rousing "Lois" they return to discover it's gone! What is going on here? What's with the eerie smoke that hovers around the rooms at times? Is "Lois" just not quite the full shilling or is George Zucco up to his usual nefarious acting tricks? I quite liked this - it's dark and coastal scenario, bodies there then not and just a little chemistry do rather point us to the conclusion, but the whodunit element is still a little left field. It's production is basic, as is just about everything else - but it passes an hour enjoyably enough.

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