The read
It runs a compact 1h 4m.
Synopsis
At a lavish house party, bank president Robert Andrews stages his own “murder” to distract a visiting bank examiner from uncovering a shortage, setting off a whodunit where nearly everyone has a motive. The investigation spirals until Andrews is found alive and admits the frame-up—after the deficit is repaid. A silent black-and-white Universal mystery-melodrama-comedy directed by Herbert Blaché; long thought lost, a print resurfaced in 2017.
Ratings
IMDb6/10
3 audience votes
Key crew
- Herbert BlachéDirector
- Edward J. MontagneWriter
Cast
- James KirkwoodRobert Andrews
- Madge BellamyAnne Maynard
- Zasu PittsCelia Stebbins
- Rosemary ThebyMargaret Knowles
- Tom WilsonThomas Jefferson White
- Tom RickettsJerry Hammond
- Arthur Stuart HullLester Knowles
- Tom GuiseCol. James Constance
- Edward CecilAlfred Austin
- Frederick ColeFreddy Hammond
- Joseph SingletonCharles
- Otto HoffmanCoroner
Stills
Themes
slapstick comedy