The Last Warning (1938)
In their third and last teaming, Bill Crane and Doc Williams visit a country estate to investigate threatening letters from the mysterious 'Eye.'
- Date of release
- 1938-12-07
- TMDB
- 8.5 / 10 (2)
- Runtime
- 1h 3m
- Genres
- Mystery
- Director
- Albert S. Rogell
- Collection
- The Detective Bill Crane Collection
Casting
- Preston Foster — Bill Crane
- Frank Jenks — Doc Williams
- Joyce Compton — Dawn Day aka Minnie Schultz
- Kay Linaker — Carla Rodriguez
- E. E. Clive — Major Barclay
- Frances Robinson — Linda Essex
- Raymond Parker — John Essex (as Ray Parker)
- Robert Paige — Tony Henderson (as Robert Page)
- Albert Dekker — Higgs the Butler
- Roland Drew — Paul Gomez
- Crane Whitley — Detective Slocumbe
- Orville Caldwell — Inspector Wilson
Interesting facts
The Last Warning is a 1938 American mystery film directed by Albert S. Rogell and written by Edmund Hartmann. It is based on the 1938 novel The Dead Don't Care by Jonathan Latimer. The film stars Preston Foster, Frank Jenks, Kay Linaker, E. E. Clive, Joyce Compton and Frances Robinson. The film was released on January 6, 1939, by Universal Pictures.
Production
In 1937, Universal Pictures made a deal with the Crime Club, who published whodunnits. Over the next few years, Universal released several mystery films in the series. The Last Warning was part of the series, and the last to feature the sleuthing team of Crane and Doc.
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