Murder at Midnight

September. 01,1931      
Rating:
5.4
Trailer Synopsis Cast

Wealthy Mr. Kennedy shoots his secretary, Channing, during a parlor game, but it turns out the gun was loaded with real bullets. Luckily, criminologist Phillip Montrose is on hand to help the police. When Kennedy quickly ends up dead as well, the police think it's a tidy murder-suicide, but the family lawyer knows of a letter that voiced Kennedy's suspicions about someone who was out to get him. Soon, the cops are on the trail of a ruthless and clever killer who is one step ahead of even Montrose.

Aileen Pringle as  Esme Kennedy
Alice White as  Millie Scripps
Hale Hamilton as  Phillip Montrose
Robert Elliott as  Inspector Taylor
Clara Blandick as  Aunt Julia Gray Kennedy
Brandon Hurst as  Lawrence
Leslie Fenton as  Walter Grayson
William Humphrey as  Colton
Vernon Dent as  Detective Eating Peanuts
Kenneth Thomson as  Jim Kennedy

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