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The Preview Murder Mystery

Someone is murdering the cast and crew of a new Hollywood movie, and the leading lady may be next. As a police detective locks down the lot and refuses to let anyone leave, the studio’s publicity head and his secretary attempt to solve the murders themselves.

1936 |1h 0m |  Mystery, Thriller

Cast

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Frances Drake

Peggy Madison

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Reginald Denny

Johnny Morgan

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Gail Patrick

Claire Woodward

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George Barbier

Jerome Hewitt

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Ian Keith

E. Gordon Smith

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Rod La Rocque

Neil Du Beck

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Conway Tearle

Edwin Strange

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Thomas E. Jackson

Detective McKane

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Colin Tapley

Studio Manager

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Jack Mulhall

Jack Rawlins

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Bryant Washburn

Karl Jennings

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Franklyn Farnum

James Deley

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Lee Shumway

Chief of Police

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Spencer Charters

Jones - Watchman

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Chester Conklin

Comedian

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Hank Mann

Comedian

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William Bailey

Studio Commissary Chief (Uncredited)

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Bobby Barber

Prop Man (Uncredited)

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Sidney Bracey

Du Beck's Valet (Uncredited)

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Henry Brandon

The Bat Man (Uncredited)

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Nell Craig

Woman in Preview Audience (Uncredited)

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Lester Dorr

Reporter (Uncredited)

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Eddie Dunn

Tub Wilson (Uncredited)

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Estelle Etterre

Hewitt's Secretary (Uncredited)

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Matty Fain

Reporter (Uncredited)

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John George

The Gnome (Uncredited)

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Edward Hearn

Officer (Uncredited)

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Isabel La Mal

Woman in Preview Audience (Uncredited)

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Wilfred Lucas

Director (Uncredited)

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Philo McCullough

Policeman (Uncredited)

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Torben Meyer

Briggs - Smith's Butler (Uncredited)

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Jack Norton

Comedy Director (Uncredited)

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Craig Reynolds

Actor (Uncredited)

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Charles Ruggles

Himself (Uncredited)

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Ferdinand Schumann-Heink

English Officer (Uncredited)

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Phillips Smalley

Ben (Uncredited)

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Claude Stroud

Monk Gibbons (Uncredited)

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Larry Wheat

Supervisor (Uncredited)

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Status

Released

Language

English

Budget

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Revenue

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