Catherine Sykes disappears after a midnight drive with Professor Andrew Gentling . When she's presumed murdered, his friend Martha convinces him that he's a prime suspect and should investigate before he's arrested.
William Powell
Andrew Gentling
Shelley Winters
Catherine Sykes
Marsha Hunt
Martha Wier
Dorothy Hart
Helen Gentling
James Gleason
Captain Gledhill
Felix Bressart
Professor Morris Avrum
Art Baker
Henry Pritchard
Sheldon Leonard
Detective Pacciano
Howard Freeman
Dr. Markheim
Houseley Stevenson
Montgomery Thatcher
Paul Harvey
Mr. Arnspiger
Francis Pierlot
Dr. Herbert Watson
Jess Barker
Arnold Sykes
Mikel Conrad
Freddie Blair
Vangie Beilby
Old Lady at Lecture (uncredited)
Marjorie Bennett
Waitress (uncredited)
Leonard Bremen
Truck Driver (uncredited)
Paul Brinegar
Reporter (uncredited)
Frank Cady
Edmund Cobb
Policeman (uncredited)
Helen Crozier
Maid (uncredited)
Johnny Duncan
Bellhop (uncredited)
Adolph Faylauer
Bald Man at Lecture (uncredited)
Sandra Gould
Newspaper Girl (uncredited)
Ethyl May Halls
Woman at Window (uncredited)
Chuck Hamilton
Herbert Heywood
Attendant (uncredited)
Tommy Ivo
Horace - Boy at Roadblock (uncredited)
Lyle Latell
George Lynn
Enid Markey
Clara (uncredited)
Maurice Marsac
Louis (uncredited)
Charles McAvoy
Ralph Peters
Portly Man (uncredited)
Jack Rice
Good Humor Man (uncredited)
Brick Sullivan
Charles Sullivan
Truck Driver in Cafe (uncredited)
Jim Toney
Bartender (uncredited)
Harland Tucker
Clerk (uncredited)
Minerva Urecal
Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
Dorothy Vaughan
Leona (uncredited)
Charles Flynn
Chester Erskine
Director, Producer
Dec 16, 2014
Feb 2, 1925
Jun 22, 1966
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Dec 29, 1991
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Universal International Pictures
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United States
English