''The Murder in the Museum'' is a 1934 American film directed by

Melville Shyer Melville Jacob Shyer (September 28, 1895 – September 14, 1968)According to the State of California. ''California Death Index, 1940–1997''. Center for Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento, California. Searc ...

. The film is also known as ''The Five Deadly Vices'' (American reissue title).

Plot summary

A city councilman is murdered while investigating allegations of drug dealing going on at a disreputable sideshow. The daughter of the chief suspect then teams up with a newspaper reporter to find the real killer.

Cast

Henry B. Walthall Henry Brazeale Walthall (March 16, 1878 – June 17, 1936) was an American stage and film actor. He appeared as the Little Colonel in D. W. Griffith's ''The Birth of a Nation'' (1915). Early life Henry B. Walthall was born March 16, 1878 on a ...

as Bernard Latham Wayne, alias Prof. Mysto *

John Harron John Harron (March 31, 1903 – November 24, 1939) was an American actor. He appeared in more than 160 films between 1918 and 1940. Born in New York, New York, he was the brother of actor Robert Harron and of actress Mary Harron. Harron di ...

as Jerry Ross *

Phyllis Barrington Phyllis Barrington (February 7, 1904 – June 20, 1989) was an American actress. Born Clara Parry and raised in Salt Lake City, she was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. M. Parry. She was a graduate of Salt Lake's East High School. She attende ...

as Lois Brandon * Tom O'Brien as Alfred Carr *

Joseph W. Girard Joseph W. Girard (April 2, 1871 – August 21, 1949) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 280 films between 1911 and 1944. He was born in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, and died in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles. Before he became an ...

as Police Commissioner Brandon *

Symona Boniface Symona Ferner Boniface (March 5, 1894 – September 2, 1950) was an American film actress, most frequently seen in bit parts in comedy shorts, mostly at Columbia Pictures, particularly those of ''The Three Stooges''. She appeared in 120 fil ...

as Katura the Seeress *

Donald Kerr Donald MacLean Kerr, Jr. (born April 8, 1939) served as the Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence from 2007 to 2009. He was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on Thursday, October 4, 2007. In March 2009, he received the National Intelli ...

as Museum Tour Guide *

Sam Flint Sam Flint (born Samuel A. Ethridge; October 19, 1882 – October 17, 1980) was an American actor. Flint appeared in more than 230 films, often as a "judge, lawyer, military officer, senator, sheriff, chief of police, or doctor." Flint was ...

as Councilman Blair Newgate * John Elliott as Detective Chief Snell *

Steve Clemente Steve Clemente (born Esteban Clemento Morro November 22, 1885 – May 7, 1950) was a Mexican-American actor known for his many villainous roles. He began acting in his teens, signing up for his first movie, ''The Secret Man'', in 1917. His later ...

as Pedro Darro

Reuse of film

Footage of a belly dancer shot for the film was reused in the 1943 film ''

Confessions of a Vice Baron ''Confessions of a Vice Baron'' is a 1943 American crime film directed by S. Roy Luby, William A. O'Connor, Melville Shyer, and Herman E. Webber. The film was created using edited footage for the flashback scenes from ''Mad Youth'' (1940), '' Th ...

''.

External links

* * 1934 films American black-and-white films American thriller films 1930s thriller films Films directed by Melville Shyer 1930s English-language films 1930s American films {{1930s-thriller-film-stub