1933 film
The Intruder is a 1933 Pre code comedy crime film directed by Albert Ray and starring Monte Blue and Lila Lee, two silent screen veterans.[1] The cast also featured Gwen Lee, Arthur Housman and Mischa Auer. Shot at the RKO-Pathé Studios in California, it was produced and distributed by the Poverty Row studio Allied Pictures.[2] The picture survives in the Library of Congress collection.[3]
Plot
When one of the passengers is murdered on a ship during a tropical storm, a man named Samson declares himself to be a police detective from San Francisco takes over the investigation. This is interrupted when the ship is wrecked and the passengers and crew are forced to take shelter on a seemingly deserted island. Further deaths and unexplained events take place before they are rescued by a French ship.
Cast
References
- ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:The Intruder
- ^ Pitts p.20
- ^ Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collections in The Library of Congress, (<-book title) p.89 c.1978 by the American Film Institute
Bibliography
- Pitts, Michael R. Poverty Row Studios, 1929–1940. McFarland & Company, 2005.
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