A murder during a game of charades at a society party leads the police to begin the hunt through the guest list for a motive and culprit.A murder during a game of charades at a society party leads the police to begin the hunt through the guest list for a motive and culprit.A murder during a game of charades at a society party leads the police to begin the hunt through the guest list for a motive and culprit.
Aileen Carlyle
- Ella
- (as Aileen Carlisle)
Vernon Dent
- Detective Eating Peanuts
- (uncredited)
Anita Garvin
- Party Guest
- (uncredited)
Frank McLure
- Party Guest
- (uncredited)
King Mojave
- Party Guest
- (uncredited)
Tom Steele
- Party Guest
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThis is one of a few number of surviving productions from the poverty row company Tiffany. The prints seen today were from Amity Pictures who re-released the films in the mid-1930s and this version is the one used to master the 16mm prints used for television syndication.
- Quotes
Detective Carter: [about the butler's body] Is he dead?
Inspector Taylor: No.... It's his day off.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Pugwall: Extra-Terrestrials (1991)
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Occasionally clever potboiler
Occasionally clever little early 30s multiple-murder mystery, with a killer stalking the Kennedy household and knocking off a half dozen victims. The cops don't seem especially perturbed by the continual corpses lying around and aren't very good at getting to the bottom of the mystery. Lots of telephone cord cutting and such; good example of how the telephone became the mystery writer's best friend.
The plot concerns a letter fingering the killer, which comes to light after a game of charades goes bad (after seeing this and The Death Kiss, I have some advice: do not agree to be shot by a gun filled with blanks during the 1930s). The head of the household, maid, the butler, and who-knows-who-else also fall victim to the clever murderer bent on getting his hands on the letter.
The acting is stagy and old-fashioned, but occasionally sharp and witty, and Alice White as the house maid Millie is a doe-eye peach. An absence of music makes this seem rather duller than it should be. It's okay if you like the genre and era, but it's not something to seek out.
The plot concerns a letter fingering the killer, which comes to light after a game of charades goes bad (after seeing this and The Death Kiss, I have some advice: do not agree to be shot by a gun filled with blanks during the 1930s). The head of the household, maid, the butler, and who-knows-who-else also fall victim to the clever murderer bent on getting his hands on the letter.
The acting is stagy and old-fashioned, but occasionally sharp and witty, and Alice White as the house maid Millie is a doe-eye peach. An absence of music makes this seem rather duller than it should be. It's okay if you like the genre and era, but it's not something to seek out.
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- The Monster Kills
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- Runtime1 hour 9 minutes
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