The Black Doll (1938)
HE WAS A VERY "EXCLUSIVE" DETECTIVE! The clues had to find him!
66 min
Nicholas Rood, dishonest mine owner, finds a Black Doll on his desk and knows that vengeance is about to overtake him for murdering his former partner. He is knifed as he talks to his daughter Marian. She summons her fiancé Nick Halstead, a private detective. He finds that six people had a motive for the murder; Rood's sister Mrs. Laura Leland; her son Rex; Rood's associates Mallison and Walling; Esteban, a servant and Dr. Giddings. Sheriff Renick and his deputy Red get the clues all mixed up, but Nick finally narrows the search down to one suspect...
- Release date
- January 31, 1938
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Donald Woods as Nick Halstead
- Nan Grey as Marian Rood
- Edgar Kennedy as Sheriff Renick
- C. Henry Gordon as Nelson Rood
- Doris Lloyd as Laura Leland
- John Wray as Walling
- Addison Richards as A.H. Mallison
- Holmes Herbert as Dr. Giddings
- William Lundigan as Rex Leland
- Fred Malatesta as Esteban - The Butler
Crew
- Otis Garrett · Director
- William Edward Hayes · Writer
- Harold Buckley · Writer
- Irving Starr · Producer
- Ira H. Morgan · Cinematographer
- Maurice Wright · Editor