The read
It runs a compact 1h 11m.
Synopsis
Foxhall Ridgeway, arriving in New York City from the West, stumbles onto a murder in the hotel room next to his. He gets tangled up into the affair, and with the aid of Phoebe, the hotel telephone operator who takes a liking to him, and also Countess Louise Browssiloff, who innocently had left some personal belongings in the murdered man's room and is most anxious to recover the incriminating evidence, Foxhall solves the murder mystery.
Ratings
IMDb6/10
2 audience votes
Key crew
- Jack ConwayDirector
- Frank DavisScreenplay
Cast
- Franchot ToneFoxhall Ridgeway
- Una MerkelPhoebe
- Conrad NagelKent
- Harvey StephensCollis
- Steffi DunaCountess Louise Broussiloff
- Charles StarrettGeorge Sheridan
- Louise HenryErmine
- Tom DuganSelby
- Harold HuberBlake
- Henry KolkerArthur Carlisle
- Ernie AlexanderWise Guy
- Leila BennettBetty
Stills
Themes
hotelmurderevidence