The Lady in the Morgue (film)
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| Directed by | Otis Garrett |
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| Based on | The Lady in the Morgue by Jonathan Latimer |
| Produced by | Irving Starr |
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| Cinematography | Stanley Cortez[1] |
| Edited by | Ted J. Kent[1] |
Production companies | Crime Club Productions, Inc.[1] |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Running time | 67 minutes |
| Country | United States[1] |
| Language | English |
The Lady in the Morgue is a 1938 American
Thomas E. Jackson, Wild Bill Elliott, Roland Drew and Barbara Pepper. The film was released on April 22, 1938, by Universal Pictures.[1]
Plot
Detective Bill Crane investigates the murder of the morgue keeper and the disappearance of a blond's dead body.
Cast
- Preston Foster as Bill Crane
- Patricia Ellis as Mrs. Sam Taylor
- Frank Jenks as Doc Williams
- Thomas E. Jacksonas Strom
- Wild Bill Elliott as Chauncey Courtland
- Roland Drew as Sam Taylor
- Barbara Pepper as Kay Renshaw
- Joe Downing as Steve Collins
- Archie Robbins as Frankie French
- Al Hill as Spitzy
- Morgan Wallace as Layman
- Brian Burke as Johnson
- Donald Kerr as Greening
- Don Brodie as Taxi Driver
- Rollo Lloyd as Coroner
- Gordon Hart as Colonel Black
Production
In 1937,
whodunnits.[2] Over the next few years Universal released several mystery films in the series.[2] The film was the third in Universal's Crime Club series.[3]
Reception
From retrospective reviews, the authors of the book Universal Horrors stated that the film was a "confusing yarn" and that "all the ingredients for a crackerjack mystery thriller are here, but somewhere along the line, this inconsequential meller misses the mark."[4]
References
Footnotes
- ^ a b c d e f "The Lady in the Morgue". Catalog.afi.com. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
- ^ a b Weaver, Brunas & Brunas 2007, p. 175.
- ^ Erickson, Hal. "The Lady in the Morgue". AllMovie. Retrieved May 1, 2020.
- ^ Weaver, Brunas & Brunas 2007, p. 574.
Sources
- Weaver, Tom; Brunas, Michael; Brunas, John (2007) [1990]. Universal Horrors (2 ed.). McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-0-7864-2974-5.
External links
- The Lady in the Morgue at IMDb
