Cheap Looking Undercard from WB is a Stagy "Who Done It?" with some Bad Acting, especially from the Lead, Dick Purcell. With Zero Charisma and Screen Presence, Purcell Plays the Detective in one of those "Gather All the Suspects In a Room" Things that were so Popular in the Thirties.
Ann Sheridan Shines on Screen among the Dullards with Only Elspeth Dudgeon as a Wheel-Chaired Old Auntie having any Spark. The rest of the Cast Mull Around and Read Lines and Look Guilty. There's a Good Performance from a German Shepard who Barks or Howls now and then to keep the Audience Awake.
A Gimmick or Two and the Movie Concludes with Clues Solved in the Claustrophobic Hunting Cabin and Purcell and Sheridan, of course, are Off to the Wedding Chapel. A Requirement from the "Code" after Spending so much Time in the same House After Dark.
Below Average on Every Level.
Note...The Print that TCM ran in Dec. 2016 had a bad soundtrack that fluctuates in volume and is over and under modulated and distorted. Not a pleasant experience. Not sure if the sound deficiency was from the source or the delivery systems.
Ann Sheridan Shines on Screen among the Dullards with Only Elspeth Dudgeon as a Wheel-Chaired Old Auntie having any Spark. The rest of the Cast Mull Around and Read Lines and Look Guilty. There's a Good Performance from a German Shepard who Barks or Howls now and then to keep the Audience Awake.
A Gimmick or Two and the Movie Concludes with Clues Solved in the Claustrophobic Hunting Cabin and Purcell and Sheridan, of course, are Off to the Wedding Chapel. A Requirement from the "Code" after Spending so much Time in the same House After Dark.
Below Average on Every Level.
Note...The Print that TCM ran in Dec. 2016 had a bad soundtrack that fluctuates in volume and is over and under modulated and distorted. Not a pleasant experience. Not sure if the sound deficiency was from the source or the delivery systems.