The blurb on my DVD says "the creatively twisted ending is what has contributed to the popularity of this movie for the past six decades"!!!!! Don't believe it. I would class the ending as very annoying and in the "it's all a dream" category - even though it isn't.
As in many of these "little' films there are tons of stars. Frieda Inescourt plays the owner of a boarding house.
Heather Angel plays Sylvia, the landlady's daughter. I adore her. In the same film collection as this one she is also in "Bulldog Drummond Escapes" - where she is very smart and sassy.
Phyllis Barry, who in 1932 made such a splash as a jilted shop girl in "Cynara", 10 years later was reduced to playing maids and uncredited bits. In this film she plays Lucy, the put upon maid.
Bossy (and married) Mrs. Armitage, the boarding house owner, is having an affair with Mr. Reynolds (Paul Cavanaugh), who, in turn, is having an affair with Lucy, the parlour maid.
Turhan Bey (in between Maria Montez and Sabu films) plays a mysterious boarder.
Strange things start to happen - someone is found unconscious under a bed. (You find out who did that early in the film). There is a strange person in a shawl on the stairs (the clues lie in a conversation at the beginning of the film.) Then Lucy disappears. Then Mr. Reynolds is shot dead. Mrs. Armitage has hysterics. There is also a mysterious note delivered half way through the film. "Dear Dwight - Why are you going under the alias Hugh Bromilow". Why indeed - everything is explained in the end.
As in many of these "little' films there are tons of stars. Frieda Inescourt plays the owner of a boarding house.
Heather Angel plays Sylvia, the landlady's daughter. I adore her. In the same film collection as this one she is also in "Bulldog Drummond Escapes" - where she is very smart and sassy.
Phyllis Barry, who in 1932 made such a splash as a jilted shop girl in "Cynara", 10 years later was reduced to playing maids and uncredited bits. In this film she plays Lucy, the put upon maid.
Bossy (and married) Mrs. Armitage, the boarding house owner, is having an affair with Mr. Reynolds (Paul Cavanaugh), who, in turn, is having an affair with Lucy, the parlour maid.
Turhan Bey (in between Maria Montez and Sabu films) plays a mysterious boarder.
Strange things start to happen - someone is found unconscious under a bed. (You find out who did that early in the film). There is a strange person in a shawl on the stairs (the clues lie in a conversation at the beginning of the film.) Then Lucy disappears. Then Mr. Reynolds is shot dead. Mrs. Armitage has hysterics. There is also a mysterious note delivered half way through the film. "Dear Dwight - Why are you going under the alias Hugh Bromilow". Why indeed - everything is explained in the end.