Summary
Someone is murdering the cast and crew of a new Hollywood movie, and the leading lady may be next. As a police detective locks down the lot and refuses to let anyone leave, the studio’s publicity head and his secretary attempt to solve the murders themselves.
Cast
Frances Drake
Peggy Madison
Reginald Denny
Johnny Morgan
Gail Patrick
Claire Woodward
George Barbier
Jerome Hewitt
Ian Keith
E. Gordon Smith
Rod La Rocque
Neil Du Beck
Conway Tearle
Edwin Strange
Thomas E. Jackson
Detective McKane
Jack Raymond
George Tyson
Colin Tapley
Studio Manager
Jack Mulhall
Jack Rawlins
Bryant Washburn
Karl Jennings
Franklyn Farnum
James Deley
Lee Shumway
Chief of Police
Spencer Charters
Jones - Watchman
Chester Conklin
Comedian
Hank Mann
Comedian
William Arnold
Theatre Manager (Uncredited)
William Bailey
Studio Commissary Chief (Uncredited)
Bobby Barber
Prop Man (Uncredited)
George Barton
Technician (Uncredited)
Sidney Bracey
Du Beck's Valet (Uncredited)
Henry Brandon
The Bat Man (Uncredited)
Bob Card
Cowboy (Uncredited)
F.O. Collings
Sound Man (Uncredited)
Nell Craig
Woman in Preview Audience (Uncredited)
Lester Dorr
Reporter (Uncredited)
Eddie Dunn
Tub Wilson (Uncredited)
Estelle Etterre
Hewitt's Secretary (Uncredited)
Matty Fain
Reporter (Uncredited)
Hyman Fink
Photographer (Uncredited)
John George
The Gnome (Uncredited)
Chuck Hamilton
Policeman (Uncredited)
Edward Hearn
Officer (Uncredited)
Isabel La Mal
Woman in Preview Audience (Uncredited)
Frank Losee Jr.
Assistant Manager (Uncredited)
Wilfred Lucas
Director (Uncredited)
Carl McBride
Still Photographer (Uncredited)
Philo McCullough
Policeman (Uncredited)
Torben Meyer
Briggs - Smith's Butler (Uncredited)
Frances Morris
Script Girl (Uncredited)
Jack Norton
Comedy Director (Uncredited)
Paddy O'Flynn
Assistant Director (Uncredited)
Franklin Parker
Cutter (Uncredited)
Jack Paul
Newsboy (Uncredited)
Earl Pingree
Officer (Uncredited)
Ralph Rainger
Himself (Uncredited)
Craig Reynolds
Actor (Uncredited)
Charles Ruggles
Himself (Uncredited)
Dick Rush
Detective (Uncredited)
Ed Schaefer
Detective (Uncredited)
Ferdinand Schumann-Heink
English Officer (Uncredited)
Charles L. Sherwood
Jovial Cop (Uncredited)
Phillips Smalley
Ben (Uncredited)
Claude Stroud
Monk Gibbons (Uncredited)
Hatto Tappenbeck
Cameraman (Uncredited)
Monte Vandergrift
Watchman (Uncredited)
Luz Vasquez
Dancer (Uncredited)
Larry Wheat
Supervisor (Uncredited)
Neil Wheeler
Boom Man (Uncredited)
Crew
Director
Robert Florey
Screenplay
Brian Marlow
Screenplay
Robert Yost
Story
Garnett Weston
Reviews
Geronimo1967
April 4, 2022
6
Rod Laroque ("DuBeck") has been getting threatening letters as he tries to conclude a film shoot at Paramount. Nobody is much surprised as he is a bit of a pain in the neck, but when the unthinkable does happen it falls to Reginald Denny ("Johnny Morgan") to get to the bottom of things. He'd better get a move on, because it is soon pretty clear that the killer has a vendetta against the entire cast! The investigation itself is fairly formulaic, but it has the added interest of showing us much of the behind-the-scenes aspects of life in Hollywood and of those on the sound stages. Director Robert Florey has used his budget quite creatively here - the action is pretty much constant, either relating to the search for the killer, or to the making of the feature. The, admittedly wordy, dialogue is not without some plausibly fun digs at the film-making process and at the real-life legends involved in front of and behind the camera. The story itself is really neither here nor there, but it is an entertaining mix of fact and fiction that though fairly predicable, still pitches a decent, workmanlike, cast and I quite enjoyed watching it.
Media
Status:
Released
Original Language:
English
Budget:
$0.00
Revenue:
$0.00
