''Mystery of the White Room'' is a 1939 American

mystery film A mystery film is a film that revolves around the solution of a problem or a crime. It focuses on the efforts of the detective, private investigator or amateur Detective, sleuth to solve the mysterious circumstances of an issue by means of clues, ...

directed by

Otis Garrett Otis Garrett (March 29, 1905 – March 24, 1941) was an American film editor, screenwriter and film director.Shelley p.150 Filmography Director * ''The Last Express (film), The Last Express'' (1938) * ''Danger on the Air'' (1938) * ''The Black Do ...

and starring

Bruce Cabot Bruce Cabot (born Étienne de Pelissier Bujac Jr.; April 20, 1904 – May 3, 1972) was an American film actor, best remembered as Jack Driscoll (character), Jack Driscoll in ''King Kong (1933 film), King Kong'' (1933) and for his roles in films s ...

Helen Mack Helen Mack (born Helen McDougall; November 13, 1913 – August 13, 1986) was an American actress. She started her career as a child actress in silent films, moving to Broadway plays and touring one of the vaudeville circuits. Her greater success ...

and

Joan Woodbury Joan Elmer Woodbury (December 17, 1915 – February 22, 1989) was an American actress beginning in the 1930s and continuing well into the 1960s. Early life Woodbury was born in Los Angeles, California on December 17, 1915. Her father was Elmer ...

.Weaver & Brunas p.441

Plot

A surgeon is killed during the middle of an operation when the hospital room is thrown into darkness. The police investigate to find out who is behind the murder.

Cast

as Dr. Bob Clayton *

as Carole Dale *

as Lila Haines *

Constance Worth Constance Worth (born Enid Joyce Howarth; 19 August 1911 – 18 October 1963) was an Australian actress who became a Hollywood star in the late 1930s. She was also known as Jocelyn Howarth. Early life and career She was born in Sydney, Austral ...

as Ann Stokes *

Thomas E. Jackson Thomas E. Jackson (July 4, 1886 – September 7, 1967) was an American stage and screen actor. His 67-year career spanned eight decades and two centuries, during which time he appeared in over a dozen Broadway plays, produced two others, acted i ...

as Sergeant Macintosh Spencer *

Tom Dugan Thomas or Tom Dugan may refer to: * Thomas Buchanan Dugan (1858–1940), United States Army brigadier general *Tom Dugan (actor, born 1889) (1889–1955), Irish-born American film and television actor *Tom Dugan (actor, born 1961) Tom Dugan (bo ...

as Hank Manley * Mabel Todd as Dora Stanley *

Roland Drew Roland Drew (born Walter Goss; August 4, 1900 – March 17, 1988) was an American actor. Biography Born in 1900 in New York City, Drew made his first film in 1926 and continued to work until the 1940s. Noted primarily as Dolores del Río's lea ...

as Dr. Norman Kennedy *

Addison Richards Addison Whittaker Richards, Jr. (October 20, 1902 – March 22, 1964) was an American actor of film and television. Richards appeared in more than 300 films between 1933 and his death in 1964. Biography A native of Zanesville, Ohio, Richard ...

as Dr. Finley Morton *

Frank Reicher Frank Reicher (born Franz Reichert; December 2, 1875 – January 19, 1965) was a German-born American actor, director and producer. He is best known for playing Captain Englehorn in the 1933 film ''King Kong''. Early life Reicher was born in M ...

as Dr. Amos Thornton *

Frank Puglia Francesco Giuseppe "Frank" Puglia (9 March 1892 – 25 October 1975) was an Italian actor. He had small, but memorable roles in films including ''Casablanca'' (a Moroccan rug merchant), ''Now, Voyager'' and ''The Jungle Book''. Biography Born ...

as Tony *

Don Porter Donald Cecil Porter (September 24, 1912 – February 11, 1997) was an American stage, film, and television actor. On television, he played Peter Sands, the boss of Ann Sothern's character on '' Private Secretary'', and Russell Lawrence, the ...

as Dr. Donald Fox

References

Bibliography

* Tom Weaver & John Brunas. ''Universal Horrors: The Studio’s Classic Films, 1931–1946''. McFarland, 2011.

External links

* 1939 films 1939 mystery films American mystery films Universal Pictures films Films directed by Otis Garrett American black-and-white films 1930s English-language films 1930s American films English-language mystery films {{Mystery-film-stub