The Black Doll (1938)
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...
- Released
- 1938-01-31
- Genres
- Mystery, Crime
- Runtime
- 66 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Otis Garrett, Harold Buckley
- TMDB rating
- 6.4/10 from 7 votes
Cast
- Donald Woods as Nick Halstead
- Nan Grey as Marian Rood
- Edgar Kennedy as Sheriff Renick
- C. Henry Gordon as Nelson Rood
- Doris Lloyd as Laura Leland
- John Wray as Walling
- Addison Richards as A.H. Mallison
- Holmes Herbert as Dr. Giddings
- William Lundigan as Rex Leland
- Fred Malatesta as Esteban, the butler
- Inez Palange as Rosita, the housekeeper
- Syd Saylor as Deputy Red
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