A Scream in the Night

Jul 29, 1935

0h 58m

★ 4.7

Overview

A colonial police detective in an Eastern seaport seeks a stolen gem, and infiltrates the underworld by posing as a look-alike wharfside bar owner.

Genres

Thriller

Crime

Mystery

Production Companies

Astor Pictures Corporation

Ray Kirkwood Productions,

Commodore Pictures

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Cast

Jack Wilson / Butch Curtain

Lon Chaney Jr.

Joe Bentley

John Ince

Mora

Zarah Tazil

Johnny Fly

Manuel López

Inspector Green (as Dick Cramer)

Richard Cramer

Edith Bentley

Sheila Terry

Jalla (as Merril Mc Cormick)

Merrill McCormick

Wu Ting (as Philip Ann)

Philip Ahn

John

John Lester Johnson

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