An ordinary man is confronted by gangsters who have reason to believe a treasure is buried somewhere on his property.An ordinary man is confronted by gangsters who have reason to believe a treasure is buried somewhere on his property.An ordinary man is confronted by gangsters who have reason to believe a treasure is buried somewhere on his property.
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Claud Allister
- John Jason
- (as Claude Allister)
Arthur Edmund Carewe
- Ivan Borolsky, aka Jim
- (as Arthur Edmund Carew)
William B. Davidson
- Bill Dennett
- (as William Davidson)
Constantine Romanoff
- Pirate in Dream Sequence
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaAlthough this film was in the Associated Artists Productions (AAP) film library purchased from Warner Bros. in 1956, legal complications prevented it from being telecast until it finally appeared on the Turner Classic Movies schedule Monday 10 July 1995.
- GoofsIn the scene where Poppy and Anna meet, just before they leave the room, a fly is seen crawling on the left cheek and ear of Kay Strozzi. Scene is cut to Mary Brian and then back to Kay again, where the fly once again lands on her, this time on the right cheek.
- ConnectionsVersion of Strangers of the Night (1923)
- SoundtracksDrink To Me Only With Thine Eyes
(uncredited)
Music by R. Melish (1780)
Lyrics (poem to Celia) by Ben Jonson
Played on a bass violin by John Halliday
Featured review
There was in the 1920s on stage and the 1930s in the movies a genre of 'Old Dark House' shows, so-called for the J.B. Priestley novel of the same name. Priestley's novel was eventually made into a wonderful movie by James Whale with some great stars playing people with ordinary problems who are forced to take shelter from the storm in an ancient house inhabited by lunatics.
But what, this movie asks, do you do if you live in an ancient house, you are bored out of your mind and a horde of lunatics descends on you during a storm? Well, you have this movie, which is quite all right, although not a patch on Whale's movie, being hampered a bit by competent but not great actors, stagy direction and a plot which distracts you from the potentially interesting performances. Definitely worth a look, but you won't be coming back for a second show.
But what, this movie asks, do you do if you live in an ancient house, you are bored out of your mind and a horde of lunatics descends on you during a storm? Well, you have this movie, which is quite all right, although not a patch on Whale's movie, being hampered a bit by competent but not great actors, stagy direction and a plot which distracts you from the potentially interesting performances. Definitely worth a look, but you won't be coming back for a second show.
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