The Unholy Night (1929)

Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 1929
Running Times: 92 mins
Format: black and white 35mm
Ratio: 1.33:1
Sound: mono

PRODUCTION
Production Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures

SCRIPT
Script: Edwin Justus Mayer
Titles: Joe Farnum
Adaptation: Dorothy Farnum
Story: Ben Hecht

DIRECTION
Director: Lionel Barrymore

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Ira H. Morgan

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Grant Whytock

MUSIC
Music: William Axt (uncredited)

SOUND
Sound Recordist: Douglas Shearer
Sound System: Western Electric Sound System

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Costume Designer: Adrian

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Art Director: Cedric Gibbons

CAST
Ernest Torrence (Dr Ballou)
Roland Young (Lord Montague)
Dorothy Sebastian (Lady Efra Cavander)
Natalie Moorhead (Lady Violet Montague)
Sydney Jarvis (Jordan)
Polly Moran (Polly)
Sojin (Lee Hung)
Claude Fleming (Sir James Rumsey)
Clarence Geldert (Inspector Lewis)
John Miljan (Major Arthur Mallory)
Richard Tucker (Colonel Davidson)
John Loder (Captain Dorchester)
Philip Strange (Lieutenant Williams)
John Roche (Lieutenant Savor)
Lionel Belmore (Major Endicott)
Gerald Barry (Captain Bradley)
Richard Travers (Major McDougal)
George Cooper (orderly - uncredited)
George Davis (bit part - uncredited)
Boris Karloff (Abdoul - uncredited)

PLOT SUMMARY

One dark, foggy night, someone tries to strangle Lord Montague. He escapes to learn that four of his comrades from Gallipoli have already fallen foul of the killer and he arranges for the surving nine officers to gather at his house. Another murder follows and it becomes clear that the killer is one of their own...

USA
Theatrical Distributor: MGM

1929
September
14: USA – theatrical release

El espectro verde - Venezuelan title
The Green Ghost
Le spectre vert - French title
Lo spettro verde - Italian title

KEYWORDS

london, scotland yard, serial killers

Last Updated: 1 January, 2009