Summary
When news reporter Walter Garrett arrives at the hotel room of bombshell actress Angela Merrova to conduct an interview, he finds her dead from multiple stab wounds. He returns with the police to find the hotel empty and the body vanished. Garrett writes about the incident but is fired when Merrova, alive and well, goes to the paper to complain. Now his only chance to get his job back is to find the truth, which involves the grisly scheme of a madman.
Details
Release Date: November 23, 1939
Runtime: 62 minutes
Genres: Science Fiction, Horror, Mystery
Original Language: EN
Rating: ⭐ 5.9/10 (59 votes)
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When news reporter Walter Garrett arrives at the hotel room of bombshell actress Angela Merrova to conduct an interview, he finds her dead from multiple stab wounds. He returns with the police to find the hotel empty and the body vanished. Garrett writes about the incident but is fired when Merrova, alive and well, goes to the paper to complain. Now his only chance to get his job back is to find the truth, which involves the grisly scheme of a madman.
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Cast

Humphrey Bogart
Dr. Maurice Xavier

Rosemary Lane
Joan Vance

Wayne Morris
Walter Wichita Garrett

Dennis Morgan
Dr. Rhodes

John Litel
Dr. Flegg

Lya Lys
Angela

Huntz Hall
Pinky

Charles C. Wilson
Det. Kincaid

Vera Lewis
Miss Sweetman

Howard Hickman
Chairman

Olin Howland
Undertaker

Creighton Hale
Hotel Manager

John Ridgely
Rodgers

Joseph Crehan
Editor

Glenn Langan
Interne

William Hopper
Interne

Nat Carr
Reporter (uncredited)

John Harron
Reporter (uncredited)

Mike Lally
Taxi Driver (uncredited)

Frank Mayo
Attorney (uncredited)

John 'Skins' Miller
Newspaper Vendor (uncredited)

Jack Mower
Policeman Guarding Rodgers' Room (uncredited)

Paul Panzer
Hospital Attendant (uncredited)

Ian Wolfe
Cemetery Caretaker (uncredited)






