USA, 1931
76m
35mm film, black and white, 1.2:1
mono (Western Electric Noiseless Recording), English
An American borderline horror film directed by Edward Sloman.
Plot Summary
An old woman is so terrified of being buried alive that she has a horn installed in her crypt to alert anyone when she’s interred. When she does die, her relatives start to be murdered off ahead of the reading of the will.
Credits
Crew
Directed by: Edward Sloman
Copyright MCMXXXI by Paramount Publix Corporation
Paramount presents
Adapted by: Henry Myers
From the Story by: Rufus King
And the Play [Dangerously Yours] by: Charles Beahan
Photographed by: Karl Struss
Cast
William Boyd (Lieutenant Valcour)
Lilyan Tashman (Laura Endicott)
Irving Pichel (Phillip Endicott)
Regis Toomey (Officer Cassidy)
Sally O’Neil (maid)
Blanche Friderici (Mrs Julia Endicott)
Walter McGrail (Herbert Endicott)
Lester Vail (Thomas Hollander)
Martha Mattox (Miss Roberts)
Frank Sheridan (chief of police)
Frederick Sullivan (medical examiner)
Alternative Titles
Crime à Hora Certa – Brazil
Rædslernes Hus – Denmark
時計の殺人 – Japan
References
Periodicals
- The Astorian vol.4 no.8 (4 April 1932) p.7
- Hollywood Spectator vol.12 no.5 (15 August 1931) p.9
- Hollywood Spectator vol.12 no.6 (29 August 1931) p.24, 26
- The Picturegoer vol.1 no.45 (2 April 1932) p.19
Books
- Censored Screams: The British Ban on Hollywood Horror in the Thirties by Tom Johnson p.30 – note
- Fear Itself: Horror on Screen and in Reality During the Depression and World War II by Melvin E. Matthews Jr pp.37
- Golden Horrors: An Illustrated Critical Filmography, 1931-1939 by Bryan Senn pp.459-461
- Horror and Science Fiction Films II by Donald C. Willis p.268
- Reference Guide to Fantastic Films by Walt Lee p.320
- Sound Films, 1927-1939: A United States Filmography by Alan G. Fetrow p.439
