Murder in Times Square

Edmund Lowe plays a now successful playwright/actor with a hit on Broadway that has a plot concerning snake venom. Lowe manages to make an enemy of some old Broadway bag (Dale) who is considered a lucky charm by many of his contemporaries. After he tells her to get lost, he lightly punches someone in a altercation and the man dies - of snake venom poisoning. The cops can't find any evidence on him so he's released. Lowe then learns that his fiance (Veda Ann Borg) is in love with someone else. He winds up dead due to guess what. Yes, snake poison. Eventually the police arrest him but he escapes and turns detective to find the real culprit.

I found this 1943 mystery quite unusual, mainly due to the characters such as the old lady seen as a lucky charm and Lowe's character. He's plays a hammy actor and acts arrogant and superior, but this, as he tells a friend, that this is an act just to stay in the limelight and fit in with luvvies. Makes a change from a straightforward suave hero you usually find as a hero. It's intriguing little b-mystery that has some nice twists and a suspenseful finale.