''Shadows on the Stairs'' is a 1941 American mystery film directed by D. Ross Lederman. It is based on

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's play ''

Murder on the Second Floor ''Murder on the Second Floor'' is a 1932 British thriller film directed by William C. McGann and starring Pat Paterson, John Longden and Sydney Fairbrother. The screenplay concerns a novelist who imagines the murders of his fellow boarding-ho ...

''. The British subsidiary of

Warner Brothers Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. (commonly known as Warner Bros. or abbreviated as WB) is an American Film studio, film and entertainment studio headquartered at the Warner Bros. Studios, Burbank, Warner Bros. Studios complex in Burbank, Califo ...

had previously produced a film adaptation of the work in 1932.

Premise

Residents of a London boarding house come under suspicion during a string of murders.

Cast

* Frieda Inescort as Mrs. Stella Rosabelle Armitage *

Paul Cavanagh William Grigs Atkinson (8 December 1888 – 15 March 1964), known professionally as Paul Cavanagh, was an English film and stage actor. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1928 and 1959. Life and career Cavanagh was born in Felling, ...

as Joseph "Joe" Reynolds * Heather Angel as Sylvia Armitage *

Bruce Lester Bruce Lester (6 June 1912 – 13 June 2008) was a South African-born English film actor with over 60 screen appearances to his credit between 1934 and his retirement from acting in 1958. Lester's career divided into two distinct periods. Betwee ...

as Hugh Bromilow * Miles Mander as Tom Armitage * Lumsden Hare as Inspector Gregg * Turhan Bey as Ram Singh * Charles Irwin as Constable * Phyllis Barry as Lucy Timson, the Maid * Mary Field as Phoebe Martia St. John Snell * Paul Renay as Choong Thi, Hindu Sailor * Sidney Bracey as Watchman (scenes deleted)

Soundtrack

* Charles Irwin - "

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" (Music Traditional, words by Robert Burns)

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* * * * 1941 films 1941 romantic drama films American mystery films 1940s English-language films American black-and-white films American films based on plays Warner Bros. films American romantic drama films Films directed by D. Ross Lederman Films set in London 1941 mystery films 1940s American films Films scored by Bernhard Kaun {{romantic-drama-film-stub