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While the Patient Slept( 1935)

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MURDER IN THE BEDROOM!

Overview

A murder happens when greedy relatives gather to await the demise of their wealthy and very ill family patriarch.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Aline MacMahon

      Nurse Sarah Keate

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      Guy Kibbee

      Detective Lt. Lance O'Leary

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      Patricia Ellis

      March Federie, Richard's Granddaughter

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      Hobart Cavanaugh

      Eustace Federie

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      Dorothy Tree

      Mittie Federie

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      Robert Barrat

      Adolphe Federie

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      Helen Flint

      Isobel Federie - Adolphe's Wife

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      Lyle Talbot

      Ross Lonergan

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      Henry O'Neill

      Elihu Dimuck

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      Walter Walker

      Richard Federie

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      Allen Jenkins

      Police Sgt. Jim Jackson

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      Eddie Shubert

      Detective Muldoon

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      Russell Hicks

      Dr. Jay

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      Brandon Hurst

      Grondal - the Butler

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      Joseph E. Bernard

      'Murph' Murphy - the Ballistics Expert (uncredited)

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      George Chandler

      Evening Bulletin Reporter (uncredited)

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      Nick Copeland

      Detective Davis aka Johnson (uncredited)

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      Joseph Crehan

      Evening Bulletin Editor (uncredited)

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      Bill Elliott

      Bank Teller (uncredited)

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      Virginia Howell

      Kema - the Cook (uncredited)

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      Milton Kibbee

      Evening Bulletin Archivist (uncredited)

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      Henry Otho

      Frank - Detective (uncredited)

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      John J. Richardson

      Reporter (uncredited)

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      Ferdinand Schumann-Heink

      Reporter (uncredited)

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      Harry Seymour

      Photographer (uncredited)

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      Huey White

      Sarah's Taxi Driver (uncredited)

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      Jack Wise

      Reporter (uncredited)

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    A review by CinemaSerf

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    Written by CinemaSerf on Sun Jun 19 2022
    Guy Kibbee ("O'Leary") and Aline MacMahon ("Nurse Sarah") are clearly having some fun in this amiably entertaining big house murder mystery. The story centres around a dying old millionaire who finds his grasping family assembling to see what they are going to get! When the butler is killed, everyone starts pointing fingers, and it falls to these two to, rarely in conjunction and frequently despite themselves, get to the bottom of things. It doesn't hang around, there is plenty of quick-witted dialogue and though the plot - there are twins involved, which is always bit of a giveaway - is maybe ...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

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    Revenue

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    Keywords

    • nurse
    • grandfather