Curtain at Eight

NR
1h 8m
1933
5.9 /10 (7)

Overview

An elderly detective sets out to find who murdered a lecherous stage actor. His estranged wife? His would-be fiancee? Her father? Her boyfriend? A suicided actress's sister? The temperamental prop man? Or maybe the show's talented female chimpanzee?

Country : United States of America
Genre : Mystery
Languages : English
Released Date: 1933-10-01

Top Billed Cast

C. Aubrey Smith

Detective Jim Hanley

Sam Hardy

Capt. Martin Gallagher

Russell Hopton

Reporter Mooney

Ruthelma Stevens

Doris Manning

Hale Hamilton

J.K. Manning

Jack Mulhall

Carey Weldon

Dorothy Mackaill

Lola Cresmer

Syd Saylor

Mac MacIntosh, the prop man

Paul Cavanagh

Wylie Thornton

Natalie Moorhead

Alma Jenkins Thornton

Marion Shilling

Anice Cresmer

William Humphrey

Allison, addled actor

Herman Bing

Sam, stage director

Dot Farley

Ella, hefty actress

Arthur Hoyt

Watkins, theater watchman

Matthew Betz

"Lovely" Holmes

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