An actor becomes a suspect in the murders of four New Yorkers injected with rattlesnake venom.
Edmund Lowe
Cory Williams
Marguerite Chapman
Melinda Matthews
John Litel
Dr. Blaine
William Wright
Detective Lieutenant Tabor
Bruce Bennett
Supai George
Esther Dale
Longacre Lil
Veda Ann Borg
Fiona Maclair
Gerald Mohr
O'Dell Gissing
Sidney Blackmer
George Nevins
Frank O'Connor
Detective Lewis
Leslie Denison
Rob Slocumb
Douglas Leavitt
Henry Trigg
George McKay
Southcote
Ernie Adams
Horsetooth
Robert Homans
Meehan
Ann Savage
Miss Ruth
Frank Sully
Benny the Baboon
Wilson Benge
Butler
Lynton Brent
Audience Member
Connie Evans
Showgirl
Lloyd Ingraham
Pedestrian
LeRoy Mason
Party Guest
Lynn Merrick
Nurse
Lew Davis
Reporter
Eddie Borden
Reporter
Sidney Grayler
Reporter
Richard Bartell
Reporter
Symona Boniface
Theater Patron
Dagmar Oakland
Theater Patron
Gerald Pierce
Newsboy
David McKim
Newsboy
Al Hill
Older Detective
Eddie Laughton
Younger Detective
Edmund Cobb
Detective
Charles Sullivan
Policeman
George Lloyd
Policeman
James C. Morton
Policeman
Bud Geary
Policeman
Jack Cheatham
Policeman
Paul Sutton
Drunk
John Tyrrell
Elevator Operator
Director
Lew Landers
Screenplay
Paul Gangelin
Story
Stuart Palmer
December 7, 2023
5
We start with a play closing to a standing ovation on Broadway. Suitably proud, playwright "Cory" (Edmund Lowe) heads out for some after show drinks and that's where he encounters "Longacre Lil" (Esther Dale). She's a local "character" who is after a few dollars. He tells her to get lost and she reciprocates with a curse. Bunkum, thinks he - until later that evening when his is being arrested by the police for murder after accidentally causing a man to fall. Luckily for him, "Supai George" (Bruce Bennett) is on hand and points out that the man was poisoned by a dose of deadly snake venom. The cops are still wary of "Cory" but off he goes into the night determined to find out just what old "Lil" is up to. Oh, and did I say - his fiancée is already married to someone else! Anyway, it seems that this kind of poison is the preferred weapon of choice for someone as soon the bodies start piling up and our writer's future is looking distinctly gloomy. It's a bit all over the place this, but the story has loads of twists and turns and "Lil" turns out to be quite a savvy piece of work as we slaughter our way through an hour towards a denouement that is almost incidental to the story. Indeed, this is more of a collection of mediocre individual acting performances this - rather than a coherent attempt to tell a story and though nobody is ever really quite sure what the reasoning is behind the crimes, that doesn't stop us having an amiable enough ping at the theatre types. Instantly forgettable, but not dreadful.
Status:
Released
Original Language:
English
Budget:
$0.00
Revenue:
$0.00