

69 minutes
9/1/1931
Wealthy Mr. Kennedy shoots his secretary, Channing, during a parlor game, but it turns out the gun was loaded with real bullets. Luckily, criminologist Phillip Montrose is on hand to help the police. When Kennedy quickly ends up dead as well, the police think it's a tidy murder-suicide, but the family lawyer knows of a letter that voiced Kennedy's suspicions about someone who was out to get him. Soon, the cops are on the trail of a ruthless and clever killer who is one step ahead of even Montrose.

Aileen Pringle
as Esme Kennedy

Alice White
as Millie Scripps

Hale Hamilton
as Phillip Montrose

Robert Elliott
as Inspector Taylor

Clara Blandick
as Aunt Julia Gray Kennedy

Brandon Hurst
as Lawrence

Leslie Fenton
as Walter Grayson

William Humphrey
as Colton

Vernon Dent
as Detective Eating Peanuts

Kenneth Thomson
as Jim Kennedy

Tyrell Davis
as The Englishman

Aileen Carlyle
as Ella

Robert Ellis
as Duncan Channing

Anita Garvin
as Party Guest (uncredited)

Frank McLure
as Party Guest (uncredited)
King Mojave
as Party Guest (uncredited)

Tom Steele
as Party Guest (uncredited)