Shadows in the Night (1944)
A criminal psychologist tries to help a beautiful heiress going mad in a haunted mansion.
- Eugene Forde
- Eric Taylor
- Max Marcin
- Eric Taylor
Rating: 5.5/10 by 1 users
Alternative Title:
The Crime Doctor’s Rendezvous - US
Country:
United States of America
Language:
English
Runtime: 01 hour 07 minutes
Budget: $0
Revenue: $0
Plot Keyword: dream, mansion, seaside, crime doctor
When the young "Lois" (Nina Foch) starts having nightmares at her seaside home, she calls in the help of renowned psycho-sleuth "Ordway" (Warner Baxter) to help her out. He duly arrives at her rambling pile and finds on his first night that he has become a sleepwalker. Luckily he is found by "Uncle George" (George Zucco) on the beach and escorted back to the house where he discovers a body. Rousing "Lois" they return to discover it's gone! What is going on here? What's with the eerie smoke that hovers around the rooms at times? Is "Lois" just not quite the full shilling or is George Zucco up to his usual nefarious acting tricks? I quite liked this - it's dark and coastal scenario, bodies there then not and just a little chemistry do rather point us to the conclusion, but the whodunit element is still a little left field. It's production is basic, as is just about everything else - but it passes an hour enjoyably enough.
