Murder by the Clock (1931)
Three Murders Done-But Only Two Persons Die!
A policeman investigates a woman's link to murders that are preceded by a shrilling horn inside a family mausoleum.
- Date of release
- 1931-07-21
- TMDB
- 6.4 / 10 (11)
- Runtime
- 1h 16m
- Genres
- Horror, Mystery
- Director
- Edward Sloman
Casting
- William 'Stage' Boyd — Lt. Valcour
- Lilyan Tashman — Laura Endicott
- Irving Pichel — Philip Endicott
- Regis Toomey — Office Cassidy
- Sally O'Neil — Jane, a Maid
- Blanche Friderici — Julia Endicott
- Walter McGrail — Herbert Endicott
- Lester Vail — Thomas Hollander
- Martha Mattox — Miss Roberts
- Frank Sheridan — Chief of Police
- Guy Oliver — Watchman
- Frederick Sullivan — Medical Examiner
Interesting facts
Murder by the Clock is a 1931 American pre-Code murder mystery film starring William "Stage" Boyd and Lilyan Tashman. The film is based on the novel of the same name by Rufus King and the play Dangerously Yours by Charles Beahan.
Production
In April 1931 during a sales convention in New Jersey, Paramount's vice-president Sidney R. Kent announced that that the studio would produce 65 to 70 feature films for their 1931-1932 program, including Murder by the Clock. The film was adapted by Barlett Cormack from both the novel Murder by the Clock by Rufus King which was published serially in Redbook magazine as "Double Murder" between January and May 1929 and Charles Behan's play Dangerous…
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