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While the Patient Slept

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6.4/10 • 8

1935-03-091h 6m

Mystery

MURDER IN THE BEDROOM!

A murder happens when greedy relatives gather to await the demise of their wealthy and very ill family patriarch.

Directors
Ray Enright
Editors
Owen Marks

Top Billed Cast

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  1. Aline MacMahon

    Aline MacMahon

    Nurse Sarah Keate

  2. Guy Kibbee

    Guy Kibbee

    Detective Lt. Lance O'Leary

  3. Patricia Ellis

    Patricia Ellis

    March Federie, Richard's Granddaughter

  4. Hobart Cavanaugh

    Hobart Cavanaugh

    Eustace Federie

  5. Dorothy Tree

    Dorothy Tree

    Mittie Federie

  6. Robert Barrat

    Robert Barrat

    Adolphe Federie

  7. Helen Flint

    Helen Flint

    Isobel Federie - Adolphe's Wife

  8. Lyle Talbot

    Lyle Talbot

    Ross Lonergan

  9. Henry O'Neill

    Henry O'Neill

    Elihu Dimuck

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CinemaSerf

Jun 19, 2022

6/10

Guy Kibbee ("O'Leary") and Aline MacMahon ("Nurse Sarah") are clearly having some fun in this amiably entertaining big house murder mystery. The story centres around a dying old millionaire who finds his grasping family assembling to see what they are going to get! When the butler is killed, everyone starts pointing fingers, and it falls to these two to, rarely in conjunction and frequently despite themselves, get to the bottom of things. It doesn't hang around, there is plenty of quick-witted dialogue and though the plot - there are twins involved, which is always a bit of a giveaway - is maybe not the most taxing, it does end quite quirkily and I rather enjoyed it.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Revenue
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