The read
It runs a compact 1h 8m.
Synopsis
An elderly detective sets out to find who murdered a lecherous stage actor. His estranged wife? His would-be fiancee? Her father? Her boyfriend? A suicided actress's sister? The temperamental prop man? Or maybe the show's talented female chimpanzee?
Ratings
IMDb5.6/10
8 audience votes
Key crew
- E. Mason HopperDirector
- Edward T. Lowe Jr.Screenplay
Cast
- C. Aubrey SmithDetective Jim Hanley
- Sam HardyCapt. Martin Gallagher
- Russell HoptonReporter Mooney
- Ruthelma StevensDoris Manning
- Hale HamiltonJ.K. Manning
- Jack MulhallCarey Weldon
- Dorothy MackaillLola Cresmer
- Syd SaylorMac MacIntosh, the prop man
- Paul CavanaghWylie Thornton
- Natalie MoorheadAlma Jenkins Thornton
- Marion ShillingAnice Cresmer
- William HumphreyAllison, addled actor
Stills
Themes
backstagemurderwhodunit