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Curtain at Eight

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?

1933 |1h 8m |  Mystery

Cast

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C. Aubrey Smith

Detective Jim Hanley

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Sam Hardy

Capt. Martin Gallagher

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Russell Hopton

Reporter Mooney

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Ruthelma Stevens

Doris Manning

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Hale Hamilton

J.K. Manning

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Jack Mulhall

Carey Weldon

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Dorothy Mackaill

Lola Cresmer

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Syd Saylor

Mac MacIntosh, the prop man

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Paul Cavanagh

Wylie Thornton

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Natalie Moorhead

Alma Jenkins Thornton

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Marion Shilling

Anice Cresmer

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William Humphrey

Allison, addled actor

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Herman Bing

Sam, stage director

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Dot Farley

Ella, hefty actress

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Arthur Hoyt

Watkins, theater watchman

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Matthew Betz

"Lovely" Holmes

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Walter Brennan

Backstage Detective [extra]

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Status

Released

Language

English

Budget

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