The Last Express (1938)
A woman finds herself unwillingly mixed up in a series of murders. At the behest of the district attorney, private detective Duncan MacLain (Kent Taylor) investigates the probability of corruption in high government circles.
- Date of release
- 1938-10-27
- TMDB
- 4.0 / 10 (4)
- Runtime
- 1h 3m
- Genres
- Mystery, Crime
- Director
- Otis Garrett
Casting
- Kent Taylor — Duncan MacLain, Private Detective
- Dorothea Kent — Amy Arden
- Greta Granstedt — Gladys Hewitt
- Don Brodie — Spud Savage, Private Detective
- Paul Hurst — Asst. Dist. Atty. Springer
- J. Farrell MacDonald — William Barton (Detective Agency Head)
Interesting facts
The Last Express is a 1938 American mystery film directed by Otis Garrett and written by Edmund Hartmann. It is based on the 1937 novel The Last Express by Baynard Kendrick. The film stars Kent Taylor, Dorothea Kent, Don Brodie, Paul Hurst, Addison Richards, Greta Granstedt, Robert Emmett Keane and J. Farrell MacDonald. The film was released on October 28, 1938, by Universal Pictures.
Production
In 1937, Universal Pictures made a deal with the Crime Club, who were publishers of whodunnits. Over the next few years Universal released several mystery films in the series. The Last Express was one of the entries in the series.
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