The Lady in the Morgue (film)

The Lady in the Morgue
Theatrical release poster
Directed byOtis Garrett
Screenplay by
Based onThe Lady in the Morgue
by Jonathan Latimer
Produced byIrving Starr
Starring
CinematographyStanley Cortez[1]
Edited byTed J. Kent[1]
Production
companies
Crime Club Productions, Inc.[1]
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • April 22, 1938 (1938-04-22)
Running time
67 minutes
CountryUnited States[1]
LanguageEnglish

The Lady in the Morgue is a 1938 American mystery film directed by Otis Garrett and written by Eric Taylor and Robertson White. It is based on the 1936 novel The Lady in the Morgue by Jonathan Latimer.[1] The film stars Preston Foster, Patricia Ellis, Frank Jenks, Thomas E. Jackson, Wild Bill Elliott, Roland Drew and Barbara Pepper. The film was released on April 22, 1938, by Universal Pictures.[1]

Plot

Detective Bill Crane investigates the murder of the morgue keeper and the disappearance of a blond's dead body.

Cast

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Production

In 1937, Universal Pictures made a deal with the Crime Club, who were published of whodunnits.[2] Over the next few years Universal released several mystery films in the series.[2] The film was the third in Universal's Crime Club series.[3]

Reception

From retrospective reviews, the authors of the book Universal Horrors stated that the film was a "confusing yarn" and that "all the ingredients for a crackerjack mystery thriller are here, but somewhere along the line, this inconsequential meller misses the mark."[4]

References

Footnotes

  1. ^ a b c d e f "The Lady in the Morgue". Catalog.afi.com. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  2. ^ a b Weaver, Brunas & Brunas 2007, p. 175.
  3. ^ Erickson, Hal. "The Lady in the Morgue". AllMovie. Retrieved May 1, 2020.
  4. ^ Weaver, Brunas & Brunas 2007, p. 574.

Sources

  • Weaver, Tom; Brunas, Michael; Brunas, John (2007) [1990]. Universal Horrors (2 ed.). McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-0-7864-2974-5.