The read
It runs a compact 1h 15m.
Synopsis
Fresh from his success with the moody melodrama Murders in the Rue Morgue, director Robert Florey dashed off The Man Called Back at bargain-basement Tiffany Studios. The film is set in the tropics; Conrad Nagel tops the cast as a dissipated, derelict doctor, hopelessly in love with married socialite Doris Kenyon. Doris' insane husband John Halliday commits suicide, but arranges the evidence so that his wife will be charged with murder.
Ratings
IMDb5.9/10
3 audience votes
Key crew
- Robert FloreyDirector
Cast
- Conrad NagelDr. David Yorke
- Doris KenyonDiana St. Claire
- John HallidayGordon St. Claire
- Juliette ComptonVivien Lawrence
- Reginald OwenDr. Herbert Atkins
- Mona MarisLilaya
- Alan MowbrayKing's Counsel
- Gilbert EmerySir Henry, Defense Counsel
- Mae BuschRosie
- John T. MurraySam Corlis
- Lionel BelmoreMr. Cartright
- Clarissa SelwynneMrs. Cartright