The Black Doll
“HE WAS A VERY "EXCLUSIVE" DETECTIVE! The clues had to find him!”
1938•NR•1h 6m•6.4•Released
MysteryCrime
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...
Director
Otis Garrett
Writer
Harold Buckley
Languages
English
Studio
Universal Pictures
Cast
Donald Woods
Nick Halstead
Nan Grey
Marian Rood
Edgar Kennedy
Sheriff Renick
C. Henry Gordon
Nelson Rood
Doris Lloyd
Laura Leland
John Wray
Walling
Addison Richards
A.H. Mallison
Holmes Herbert
Dr. Giddings
William Lundigan
Rex Leland
Fred Malatesta
Esteban, the butler
Inez Palange
Rosita, the housekeeper
Syd Saylor
Deputy Red
Arthur Hoyt
Coroner
John Harmon
Cabbie
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