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You'd Be Surprised
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You'd Be Surprised

Sep 24, 1926
1h 5m
★ 6.5

Overview

A diamond is stolen at a houseboat party given by the district attorney. He gives the thief a chance to return it by putting an empty box on a table and turning out the lights. When the lights are turned back on the box is gone, and the district attorney has a knife in his back and is quite dead. The police and the coroner arrive. There are several attempts made on the life of the coroner. Ruth Whitman is found hiding in a grandfather-clock, holding the gem box. She claims the box was pushed into her hands and she was pushed into the clock. The district attorney's butler/valet tells the coroner he saw who killed his employer and a few minutes later he is also murdered. The mystery deepens.

Genres

Comedy
Mystery

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures
Famous Players-Lasky Corporation

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Cast

Raymond Griffith

Mr. Green

Raymond Griffith

Edward Martindel

Mr. White

Edward Martindel

Earle Williams

Mr. Black

Earle Williams

Tom McGuire

Inspector Brown

Tom McGuire

Dorothy Sebastian

Dorothy

Dorothy Sebastian

Granville Redmond

Grey – a Valet

Granville Redmond

Richard Arlen

Reporter (uncredited)

Richard Arlen

Monte Collins Sr.

Milkman "Juror" (uncredited)

Monte Collins Sr.

Roscoe Karns

Party Guest (uncredited)

Roscoe Karns

Isabelle Keith

Party Guest (uncredited)

Isabelle Keith

Dick La Reno

"Jury" Foreman (uncredited)

Dick La Reno

Carl M. Leviness

Party Guest (uncredited)

Carl M. Leviness