When a rash of murders depletes their number, a billionaire's employees are brought together at an Englishman's estate.When a rash of murders depletes their number, a billionaire's employees are brought together at an Englishman's estate.When a rash of murders depletes their number, a billionaire's employees are brought together at an Englishman's estate.
Sôjin Kamiyama
- The Mystic
- (as Sojin)
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- TriviaFor reasons known only to MGM, Boris Karloff, prominently featured in a key supporting role, is not credited on screen, but his name is more sensibly listed in ninth credited position in the Variety review of 16 October 1929. The likeliest explanation is that all the actors are billed according to their respective "groups," but since Karloff was not in any of them, he was simply overlooked when the credits were being prepared.
- GoofsAs a room is scanned by the camera, six dead bodies are seen strewn around. The fifth body lying on the ground at the foot of a bed closes his eyes just as the camera passes by him.
- Quotes
Lord 'Monte' Montague: You see, our family never have ideas; that's why they're so successful in politics, I suppose.
- Crazy credits[preface] The amazing revelations pictured here are compiled from one the most sensational murder cases on police record. The rare psychosis of the crime and the method of its exposure are stranger than fiction.....because they are true!
- Alternate versionsThis film was also released in a silent version.
- ConnectionsAlternate-language version of Le spectre vert (1930)
- SoundtracksAuld Lang Syne
(1788) (uncredited)
Traditional Scottish 17th century music
Lyrics by Robert Burns
Sung a cappella by the men of the regiment three times and at the seance
Featured review
With death stalking the darkness, members of a doomed regiment spend THE UNHOLY NIGHT in an old mansion seeking a murderer.
Fine atmospherics and good performances propel this creaky creeper from the very early days of talking pictures. The opening sequence ably depicts the oppressive emotional weight of an extreme London fog. The remainder of the film becomes an Old Dark House picture, with the cast claustrophobically caught in the clutches of a clever killer.
Owlish Roland Young does very well as the gentle nobleman whose grand home becomes a house of horrors. Appreciated for his comedic abilities, Young shows he's equally adept at more serious drama. Ernest Torrence--a very enjoyable character actor of the era whose career was cut short by an early death--plays the friendly doctor trying to deal with the brutal deaths. Lovely Natalie Moorhead portrays Young's sister, a woman fascinated by the supernatural. Dorothy Sebastian appears as a beautiful & mysterious lady from the East with a strange story to tell.
Blustery Major Lionel Belmore, and John Miljan as a badly scarred Major, are two of the 'Doomed Regiment.' Polly Moran has a few good moments as a frightened maid. Exotic Sojin is most effective as a Chinese mystic.
Movie mavens will easily recognize an unbilled Boris Karloff appearing as a sinister Turkish lawyer.
Director Lionel Barrymore makes good use of the new sound technology with a few well placed screams and some hearty singing from the officers of the regiment.
Fine atmospherics and good performances propel this creaky creeper from the very early days of talking pictures. The opening sequence ably depicts the oppressive emotional weight of an extreme London fog. The remainder of the film becomes an Old Dark House picture, with the cast claustrophobically caught in the clutches of a clever killer.
Owlish Roland Young does very well as the gentle nobleman whose grand home becomes a house of horrors. Appreciated for his comedic abilities, Young shows he's equally adept at more serious drama. Ernest Torrence--a very enjoyable character actor of the era whose career was cut short by an early death--plays the friendly doctor trying to deal with the brutal deaths. Lovely Natalie Moorhead portrays Young's sister, a woman fascinated by the supernatural. Dorothy Sebastian appears as a beautiful & mysterious lady from the East with a strange story to tell.
Blustery Major Lionel Belmore, and John Miljan as a badly scarred Major, are two of the 'Doomed Regiment.' Polly Moran has a few good moments as a frightened maid. Exotic Sojin is most effective as a Chinese mystic.
Movie mavens will easily recognize an unbilled Boris Karloff appearing as a sinister Turkish lawyer.
Director Lionel Barrymore makes good use of the new sound technology with a few well placed screams and some hearty singing from the officers of the regiment.
- Ron Oliver
- Nov 14, 2004
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- Runtime1 hour 34 minutes
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