The Leavenworth Case

I watched this film on DVD last night and was impressed with the clear print. I am usually good at spotting the baddie before the end. This time the culprit came as a total surprise .

We had humour, not too much to spoil the mystery but enough to keep the story bubbling along. Maude Eburne stole the film as the sometime dotty, sometime deaf old Auntie. If she was not dancing to her loud radio, she was helping the police giving them clues . I found it amusing that she was busy interrogating the Butler about a murder. We all assumed she was grilling him about her Brothers death, but it turned out she was grilling the Butler about her dog that was run over some time ago.

The Doctor we could not decide, did he do the murder or was he doing detective work with his unusual side kick? The lead detective was good on the footwork, solving the financial crime with the help of Auntie. The two young women again, it was not clear cut if either of them had committed the murder? The shady lawyer added to the suspects. The only obvious innocent was the dumb whistling second detective.

I recommend that if you have the chance to see this good mystery watch it . It will not disappoint .