The Black Doll
HE WAS A VERY "EXCLUSIVE" DETECTIVE! The clues had to find him!
Overview
Nicholas Rood, dishonest mine owner, finds a Black Doll on his desk and knows that vengeance is about to overtake him for murdering his former partner. He is knifed as he talks to his daughter Marian. She summons her fiancé Nick Halstead, a private detective. He finds that six people had a motive for the murder; Rood's sister Mrs. Laura Leland; her son Rex; Rood's associates Mallison and Walling; Esteban, a servant and Dr. Giddings. Sheriff Renick and his deputy Red get the clues all mixed up, but Nick finally narrows the search down to one suspect...
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- Universal Pictures
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Cast
Donald Woods
Nick Halstead
Nan Grey
Marian Rood
Edgar Kennedy
Sheriff Renick
C. Henry Gordon
Nelson Rood
Doris Lloyd
Laura Leland
John Wray
Walling
Addison Richards
A.H. Mallison
Holmes Herbert
Dr. Giddings
William Lundigan
Rex Leland
Fred Malatesta
Esteban, the butler
Inez Palange
Rosita, the housekeeper
Syd Saylor
Deputy Red
Arthur Hoyt
Coroner
John Harmon
Cabbie
Crew
- Director
- Otis Garrett
- Writers
- Harold Buckley
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CinemaSerf
June 20, 2022
This is quite a decent little comedy thriller - let down by some really naff writing and a B-rate cast that even the usually reliable C. Henry Gordon cannot elevate beyond mediocrity. The story centres around the murder of a rather unscrupulous mine owner who had previously disposed of his erstwhile partner. His daughter "Marian" (Nan Grey) recruits the services of her fiancé "Nick" (Donald Woods) - who happens to be a private eye - and the pair try to discover whom, amongst a multitude of suspe…