Mystery House (1938)


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59min | Mystery | May 21, 1938 | Released

Mystery House is a perfunctory Warner Bros. programmer which coasts along on the appeal of its stars. When a prominent banker is murdered while on a hunting trip, the dead man's daughter, Gwen Kingery (Anne Nagel), calls in private eye Lance O'Leary (Dick Purcell) to investigate. No sooner has he started gathering clues than another murder is committed?and another?and another?.The culprit wants to cover up an embezzlement scheme, and there is certainly no shortage of suspects. Without revealing the ending, it can be noted that Mystery House offers at least one surprise when Lance O'Leary ends up falling in love not with Gwen Kingery but with wisecracking nurse Sarah Keate (Anne Sheridan). Sarah, in fact, is the leading character in the Mignon C. Eberhardt novel upon which Mystery House was based-except in the original, she's a middle-aged spinster rather than a Hollywood glamorpuss.

Director: Noel M. Smith

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Writer(s): Sherman L. Lowe Robertson White

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Cast & Crew

Cast (18 Members)


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William Hopper

Lal Killian

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Dick Purcell

Lance O'Leary

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Elspeth Dudgeon

Aunt Lucy Kingery

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Anne Nagel

Gwen Kingery

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Ann Sheridan

Nurse Sarah Keate

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Ben Welden

Gerald Frawley

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Sheila Bromley

Terice Von Elm

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Hugh O'Connell

Newell Morse

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Stuart Holmes

Jury Foreman

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Anthony Averill

Julian Barre

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Dennie Moore

Annette

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Paul Panzer

Extra at Inquest

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Jack Mower

The Coroner

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Eric Stanley

Hubert Kingery

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Jeanne Benedict

Helen Page

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Loia Cheaney

O'Leary's Secretary

Profile William Hopper Lal Killian
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Profile Hugh O'Connell Newell Morse
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Profile Anthony Averill Julian Barre
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Profile Jack Mower The Coroner
Profile Eric Stanley Hubert Kingery
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Crew (11 Members)


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Hal B. Wallis

Executive Producer

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Howard Shoup

Costume Design

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Howard Jackson

Original Music Composer

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L. William O'Connell

Director of Photography

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Sherman L. Lowe

Screenplay

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Robertson White

Screenplay

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Frank Magee

Editor

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Stanley Fleischer

Art Direction

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Noel M. Smith

Director

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Jack L. Warner

Executive Producer

Profile Hal B. Wallis Executive Producer
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Profile L. William O'Connell Director of Photography
Profile Sherman L. Lowe Screenplay
Profile Robertson White Screenplay
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