Dinner party guests become murder suspects when an extortionist they all hated turns up dead.
Acting
H.B. Warner gives the only performance not actively auditioning for community theatre.
Production
One set, zero budget, maximum pre-code scrappiness.
Director
Gordon Wiles
William Gargan
Peter Cornish
Florence Rice
Joan Rankin
H.B. Warner
Michael Rankin
Nana Bryant
Mrs. Lindsay
Paul Hurst
Inspector Killian
Herman Bing
Dr. Rosenkrantz - Coroner
George McKay
Police Sgt. Carney
Wyrley Birch
Nelson
Drue Leyton
Lydia Rankin
Kenneth Thomson
Mr. Porter
Boyd Irwin
Dr. Lindsay
Alexander Cross
Jack Donovan
Marc Lawrence
Pinky (uncredited)
Lee Shumway
Detective Flanagan (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Gordon Wiles won an Oscar for art direction in 1929, then apparently spent it all on one room.
This rushed 66-minute runtime was typical of Poverty Row studios cranking out B-pictures to fill double bills.
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