The Black Doll
Nicholas Rood, dishonest mine owner, finds a Black Doll on his desk and knows that vengeance is about to overtake him for murdering his former partner. He is knifed as he talks to his daughter Marian. She summons her fiancé Nick Halstead, a private detective. He finds that six people had a motive for the murder; Rood's sister Mrs. Laura Leland; her son Rex; Rood's associates Mallison and Walling; Esteban, a servant and Dr. Giddings. Sheriff Renick and his deputy Red get the clues all mixed up, but Nick finally narrows the search down to one suspect...
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“Decent Crime Club entry” “Very entertaining” “Decent but goofy tale of murder” “Tepid mystery” (IMDB reviews quotes). One of eleven Universal Pictures whodunits adapted from Doubleday’s Crime Club book series. Okay cast and production for a B-feature mystery. IMBD rating 6.2. Directed by Otis Garrett. Released in 1938. 2 minutes are missing. SPECIAL NOTE: The Doubleday mysteries also spawned radio series on the CBS and Mutual networks. The complete Mutual series is here at IA as part of the Old Time Radio Collection: https://archive.org/details/Crime_Club
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- Director
- Otis Garrett
- Starring
- Donald Woods, Nan Grey, Edgar Kennedy, C. Henry Gordon, Doris Lloyd, John Wray, Addison Richards, Holmes Herbert
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