''Mystery House'' is a 1938 American
mystery
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crime film directed by
Noel M. Smith and starring
Dick Purcell and
Ann Sheridan as nurse
Sarah Keate, and is based on the 1930 novel ''The Mystery of Hunting's End'' by
Mignon G. Eberhart. Sheridan also played the same character in ''
The Patient in Room 18'', released in January 1938, while
Aline MacMahon played her in ''
While the Patient Slept
''While the Patient Slept'' is a 1935 comedy murder mystery film directed by Ray Enright starring Aline MacMahon as a nurse/crime sleuth and Guy Kibbee as her boyfriend and police detective. It is based on the novel of the same name written by Mig ...
'' in 1935.
Plot
At a hunting lodge retreat, banker Hubert Kingery (Eric Stanely) announces to five fellow officers that one of them has forged documents and embezzled $500,000. Before the evening is over, Kingery is shot dead and the police officially rule it a suicide. Kingery's daughter Gwen (Anne Nagel) does not agree and asks for help from her aunt's nurse, Sarah Keate (Ann Sheridan), who suggests her detective boyfriend, Lance O'Leary (Dick Purcell), for the case. O'Leary has all of the suspects return to the lodge and begins his investigation. Stuck in the snowbound shelter, the suspects and victims begin to pile up.
Cast
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Dick Purcell as Lance O'Leary
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Ann Sheridan as Nurse
Sarah Keate
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Anne Nagel
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as Gwen Kingery
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William Hopper
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as Lal Killian
* Anthony Averill as Julian Barre
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Dennie Moore
Dennie Moore (born Florence Moore; December 30, 1902 – February 22, 1978) was an American film and stage actress.
Early life
Moore was born in New York City on December 30, 1902, to immigrant parents of Scottish and Irish descent. She wa ...
as Annette the Maid
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Hugh O'Connell
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as Newell Morse
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Ben Welden
Ben Welden (born Benjamin Weinblatt; June 12, 1901 – October 17, 1997) was an American character actor who played a wide variety of Damon Runyon-type gangsters in various movies and television shows.
Early years
Welden was born in Toledo, Oh ...
as Gerald Frawley
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Sheila Bromley
Sheila Bromley (born Sheila LeGay; October 31, 1911 – July 23, 2003), (The reference work ''Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2003'' gave her birth date as October 31, 1907). sometimes billed as Sheila LeGay, Sheila Manners, Sheila Manno ...
as Terice Von Elm
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Elspeth Dudgeon as Aunt Lucy Kingery
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Anderson Lawler
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as Joe Page
* Jean Benedict as Helen Page
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Trevor Bardette
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as Bruker the Chauffeur
* Eric Stanley as Hubert Kingery
Release
The film was released theatrically by Warner Brothers in May 1938 as part of the
Clue Club
''Clue Club'' is an American animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and broadcast on CBS from September 4 to December 11, 1976.
Overview
The series follows a group of four teenage detectives, the Clue Club – Larry, Pe ...
mystery series. It was never officially released on any home video format until issued by the
Warner Archive Collection
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in October 2010 as part of the six-film DVD-R collection ''Warner Bros. Horror/Mystery Double Features''.
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1938 films
1930s crime films
1930s mystery films
American black-and-white films
Films based on American novels
American mystery films
American crime films
Films directed by Noel M. Smith
1930s American films
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