Seven Keys to Baldpate

Dec 25, 1929

1h 13m

★ 6.3

Richard Dix plays the perfect part

Overview

A writer rents what he believes is a deserted lodge in order to complete his novel. But then six other people show up one-by-one, each for reasons of their own.

Genres

Comedy

Mystery

Thriller

Production Companies

RKO Radio Pictures

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Cast

William Magee

Richard Dix

Mary Norton

Miriam Seegar

Myra Thornhill

Margaret Livingston

Thomas Hayden

Lucien Littlefield

Peters

Joseph Allen Sr.

Jim Cargan

DeWitt Jennings

Irene Rhodes

Nella Walker

Chief Kennedy

Carleton Macy

Bland

Alan Roscoe

Hal Bentley

Crauford Kent

Elijah Quimby

Harvey Clark

Mrs. Quimby

Edith Yorke

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