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Curtain at Eight( 1933)

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An elderly detective sets out to find who murdered a lecherous stage actor. His estranged wife? His would-be fiancee? Her father? Her boyfriend? A suicided actress's sister? The temperamental prop man? Or maybe the show's talented female chimpanzee?

    Top Billed Cast

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      C. Aubrey Smith

      Detective Jim Hanley

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      Sam Hardy

      Capt. Martin Gallagher

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      Russell Hopton

      Reporter Mooney

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      Ruthelma Stevens

      Doris Manning

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      Hale Hamilton

      J.K. Manning

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      Jack Mulhall

      Carey Weldon

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      Dorothy Mackaill

      Lola Cresmer

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      Syd Saylor

      Mac MacIntosh, the prop man

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      Paul Cavanagh

      Wylie Thornton

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      Natalie Moorhead

      Alma Jenkins Thornton

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      Marion Shilling

      Anice Cresmer

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      William Humphrey

      Allison, addled actor

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      Herman Bing

      Sam, stage director

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      Dot Farley

      Ella, hefty actress

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      Arthur Hoyt

      Watkins, theater watchman

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      Matthew Betz

      "Lovely" Holmes

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      Walter Brennan

      Backstage Detective [extra]

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    A review by CinemaSerf

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    Written by CinemaSerf on Mon Jun 13 2022
    When "Wylie Thornton" (Paul Cavanagh), an actor who likes the company of women - not necessarily his wife - is shot at his own birthday party, we have no shortage of suspects. Detectives "Halliday" (Sam Hardy) and his sidekick "Hanvey" (C. Aubrey Smith) are soon drafted in to fathom it all out... Much of this is just a standard whodunit, and as we discover just how unpleasant "Wylie" actually was, we might also want to join the line-up of potential killers, too. What makes this a bit more fun is the dynamic between the two detectives. Hardy, the senior of the two, frequently comes up with half ...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

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    Revenue

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    Keywords

    • backstage
    • murder
    • whodunit