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The Black Doll (1938)
Directed by Otis Garrett
Overview
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…
Rated NR | Length 66 minutes
Actors
Donald Woods | Nan Grey | Edgar Kennedy | C. Henry Gordon | Doris Lloyd | John Wray | Addison Richards | Holmes Herbert | William Lundigan | Fred Malatesta | Inez Palange | Syd Saylor | Arthur Hoyt | John Harmon