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Mystery... chills... an ending that you'll never guess!
A district attorney commits the perfect murder when he kills his daughter's womanizing fiancé and then tries framing the fiancé's lover.
Lionel Barrymore
Richard Grant
Kay Francis
Marjorie West
Madge Evans
Barbara 'Babs' Grant
William Bakewell
Tommy Osgood
C. Aubrey Smith
Reverend Hastings
Polly Moran
Aunt Maggie
Alan Mowbray
Gordon Rich
Forrester Harvey
Spencer Wilson
Charles Crockett
H.G. Smith
Henry A. Barrows
Harvey Scott (as Henry Barrows)
Sam McDaniel
Jimmy, a Black Servant (uncredited)
Robert McKenzie
Second Man on Train (uncredited)
Landers Stevens
Chief of Police Bill Mott (uncredited)
Blue Washington
Johnny (uncredited)
Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction
W.S. Van Dyke
Director
Anne Bauchens
Editor
Hunt Stromberg
Producer
Douglas Shearer
Sound Director
Bayard Veiller
Screenplay
Bayard Veiller
Screenstory
Aug 22, 1931
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