A hospital nurse is recruited by the police to watch a household where a suspicious death has occurred.A hospital nurse is recruited by the police to watch a household where a suspicious death has occurred.A hospital nurse is recruited by the police to watch a household where a suspicious death has occurred.
Allan Lane
- Herbert Wynn
- (scenes deleted)
Nigel De Brulier
- Coroner James A. Clemp
- (as Nigel de Brulier)
Lucien Littlefield
- Henderson
- (scenes deleted)
Stanley Blystone
- First Police Guard
- (uncredited)
Walter Brennan
- Police Dispatcher
- (uncredited)
Davison Clark
- Police Sergeant
- (uncredited)
Don Dillaway
- Charles 'Charlie' Elliott
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe novel upon which this film is based was serialized in The Saturday Evening Post from 2 January to 13 February 1932.
- GoofsWhen Nurse Adams is attacked, she starts screaming very loudly and then the screaming goes silent when she faints. But on the next immediate shot which is of the cops running up the stairs; she can still hear her loud screams. Then on the following shot when the cops find her, she is just starting to slowly regain consciousness.
- Quotes
Nurse Adams, aka Miss Pinkerton: Here's a dollar, keep the change.
Taxi Driver: There is no change.
Nurse Adams, aka Miss Pinkerton: Then we're even.
- ConnectionsReferenced in American Dad!: The American Dad After School Special (2006)
Featured review
Grabbed in the Dark
This era in filmmaking is fascinating. The evolution of the medium was in a phase of punctuation where everything was up for grabs and narrative conventions we now take for granted were formed. Watching these is like exploring the Burgess Shale, to see elements that lasted, and many that didn't.
The story here nominally has a young nurse planted in a house to solve a murder. This is a typical spooky large house, with a bedridden cranky old person. Not every suspect is locked in the house, living there, but they all are presented within the building. Some of them are caught sneaking about, but are seen from a window. There are relatives, lovers, the doctor and lawyer. Newspapermen sometimes hover. The nurse is a blond who wants excitement and finds it in a romance with the detective. As this is pre-code, we are introduced to her character as she is getting ready for bed.
Along the way are numerous narrative devices that are hard to even notice today. It just seems off, but that is because what we are watching for is different. One of these is Blondell getting grabbed in the dark by a menacing silhouette. She screams persistently, long enough for doors to be battered down. This happens three time. The plot is so complicated, it by three different men. There seems to be no reason for her to be grabbed so, other than to reference common fears of the women in the audience — and fantasy of the men?
The solution to the mystery is revealed to a gathering of the suspects. It is more complicated than usual, so much so that it does not tie up all the ends, nor completely explain what we have seen.
Ted's Evaluation -- 1 of 3: You can find something better to do with this part of your life.
The story here nominally has a young nurse planted in a house to solve a murder. This is a typical spooky large house, with a bedridden cranky old person. Not every suspect is locked in the house, living there, but they all are presented within the building. Some of them are caught sneaking about, but are seen from a window. There are relatives, lovers, the doctor and lawyer. Newspapermen sometimes hover. The nurse is a blond who wants excitement and finds it in a romance with the detective. As this is pre-code, we are introduced to her character as she is getting ready for bed.
Along the way are numerous narrative devices that are hard to even notice today. It just seems off, but that is because what we are watching for is different. One of these is Blondell getting grabbed in the dark by a menacing silhouette. She screams persistently, long enough for doors to be battered down. This happens three time. The plot is so complicated, it by three different men. There seems to be no reason for her to be grabbed so, other than to reference common fears of the women in the audience — and fantasy of the men?
The solution to the mystery is revealed to a gathering of the suspects. It is more complicated than usual, so much so that it does not tie up all the ends, nor completely explain what we have seen.
Ted's Evaluation -- 1 of 3: You can find something better to do with this part of your life.
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- tedg
- Jul 24, 2010
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- Runtime1 hour 6 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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