This version has improved video quality, and is minus the glitches in the other copy here at IA
Murders in a London lodging house. An ensemble cast features Frieda Inescort, Paul Cavanaugh, Heather Angel, Bruce Lester, Miles Mander and Turhan Bey in his first film role.
Directed by D Ross Lederman.
Released in 1941.
Complete print
Reviewer:
david gideon
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January 2, 2022
Subject:
missing
There's a chunk of the movie missing, at 17:30, cutting off the rest of the conversation. Also missing are some mysterious goings on by the Turk, and the conversation (referenced at the end of the film) where the girl agrees to marry the writer (in so many words) if he can get a play published, along with a few other details. The entire movie is on Tubi (free streaming) and includes the missing scenes.
Reviewer:
Poohbah70
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June 17, 2019
Subject:
Tidy Little Murder Mystery
Nothing great here, but all very enjoyable, with a surprise ending and another surprise ending after that. Nice ensemble of first-rate "B" actors - leading men types - Paul Cavanaugh, Miles Mander, Lumsden Hare, Turhan Bey; and attractive women - Frieda Inescourt, Heather Angel, Phyllis Barry and even Mary Field is reasonably attractive here. Its worth spending an hour watching this film.
Reviewer:
billbarstad
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July 16, 2016
Subject:
Decent cozy
**SPOILER** This movie is something of a cheat. We’re introduced to a group of strangers living in a boarding house, but these are really characters in a play which is being read by a playwright to his sweetie. All the characters in the play are loosely based on the real residents of the selfsame boarding house.
It’s a fast-paced murder mystery and includes a subplot, never fully developed, involving a mysterious Sikh. The subplot serves as a distraction from what’s really going on. I wasn’t very surprised by the ending. ** END SPOILER**
Acting is what I expected from this kind of film. No notable performances. I imagine the director really earned his pay.
I downloaded the MPEG4 file. The video quality is fair, showing compression artifacts on a 40” HD TV. The audio was better.
Reviewer:
Aitchondo
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August 23, 2012
Subject:
Shadows on the Stairs
Worth watching. Heather still excites my other brain. Ending might surprise, it did me.