QUICKIE: It's another game of "Who Murdered the Millionaire?"
PLOT: During a séance at an elderly millionaire's house, the millionaire is murdered. The detectives investigating the crime discover that everyone who was at the séance had a motive for killing the man.
SUMMARY: You will NEVER guess who did this one because it makes no sense at all and no reason is ever given for why he did it. The final scene has the round up of the usual suspects and each one is gone over for their motive and alibis, except the one who really did it. My copy was so badly edited it was laughable. Still, I always like these movies. Lots of proper handsome men in tuxedos, Ladies in satin ball gowns, a huge, gorgeous manor and very civilized, polite murder. I mean, why else do we watch these films, if not for that?
Sinister Hands ~ 1932 -BW
The Woman Condemned ~ 1934 -BW
QUICKIE: The chick caught holding the gun did it!, or did she?...... The radio star was murdered, or was she?...... I'm watching a good movie, or am I?........
PLOT: Married to a man she didn't know...Jailed for a murder she didn't commit! Jerry Beall, a young newspaper reporter, intrigued by the charm and beauty of Barbara Hammond, a girl accused of murdering a female radio-star, sets out to prove her innocence in the face of a damaging array of circumstantial evidence, abetted by the lack of truth in many of Barbara's statements. But Barbara winds up in a romantic clinch instead of the electric chair, after a series of sequences that reveal the fallacy of jumping to conclusions.
SUMMARY: It's only from reading the plot summary and liner notes that I learned Barbara was an undercover cop. My movie was so chopped up that they removed that crucial bit of story. Millcreek isn't known for having the highest standards, and they don't have a problem placing their logo on screen for half the picture either. I've watched movies from them where the sound was so bad that it sounded like it was raining through the whole picture. But I'll admit it adds some charm... not seeing their logo though.
Anyway, the story is interesting and good as it kept my attention the whole time. Probably because it was rather confusing as the murdered woman had a twin sister who is the one who was shot. Barbara won't say anything to defend herself, so it looks like curtains for her. At more than one place I said a big fat: HUH? Suddenly the murdered radio star isn't dead, the killer is an innocent cop, and a lady has to spend a month at a retreat to have a birthmark removed? I think the PDMR rule #1: "suspension of reality is necessary to enjoy the movie" is really applicable here. Don't think too hard, just go with it.
