''Moonlight Murder'' is a 1936 American

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directed by Edwin L. Marin and written by Florence Ryerson and Edgar Allan Woolf. The film stars

Chester Morris John Chester Brooks Morris (February 16, 1901 – September 11, 1970) was an American stage, film, television, and radio actor. He had some prestigious film roles early in his career, and received an Academy Award nomination for ''Alibi'' ( ...

, Madge Evans, Leo Carrillo,

Frank McHugh Francis Curry McHugh (May 23, 1898 – September 11, 1981) was an American stage, radio, film and television actor. Early years Born in Homestead, Pennsylvania, of Irish descent, McHugh came from a theatrical family. His parents, Edward A. ...

, Benita Hume, Grant Mitchell, Katharine Alexander and J. Carrol Naish. The film was released on March 27, 1936, by

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Plot

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gets a chance to test his sleuthing skills when an opera singer is murdered at the

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Cast

as Steve Farrell * Madge Evans as Toni Adams * Leo Carrillo as Gino D'Acosta *

as William * Benita Hume as Diana * Grant Mitchell as Dr. Adams * Katharine Alexander as Louisa Chiltern * J. Carrol Naish as Bejac * H. B. Warner as Godfrey Chiltern ... * Duncan Renaldo as Pedro *Leonard Ceeley as Ivan Bosloff * Robert McWade as Police Chief Quinlan * Pedro de Cordoba as Swami *

Charles Trowbridge Charles Silas Richard Trowbridge (January 10, 1882 – October 30, 1967) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 230 films between 1915 and 1958. Biography Trowbridge was born in Veracruz, Mexico, where his father served in the ...

as Stage Manager

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* 1936 films 1930s English-language films American crime films 1936 crime films Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films Films directed by Edwin L. Marin American black-and-white films Films scored by Herbert Stothart Films with screenplays by Florence Ryerson Films with screenplays by Edgar Allan Woolf Films scored by Edward Ward (composer) 1930s American films Films set in Los Angeles {{1930s-crime-film-stub