Mystery House

1938 "Who will be the killer's next victim?"
5.5| 0h56m| NR| en
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When a banker is found shot dead with a gun in his hand, his daughter refuses to believe it is a suicide. With the help of a detective, she hopes to get to the bottom of the case.

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Scanialara You won't be disappointed!
Raetsonwe Redundant and unnecessary.
Maidexpl Entertaining from beginning to end, it maintains the spirit of the franchise while establishing it's own seal with a fun cast
Kaelan Mccaffrey Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.
LeonLouisRicci Cheap Looking Undercard from WB is a Stagy "Who Done It?" with some Bad Acting, especially from the Lead, Dick Purcell. With Zero Charisma and Screen Presence, Purcell Plays the Detective in one of those "Gather All the Suspects In a Room" Things that were so Popular in the Thirties.Ann Sheridan Shines on Screen among the Dullards with Only Elspeth Dudgeon as a Wheel-Chaired Old Auntie having any Spark. The rest of the Cast Mull Around and Read Lines and Look Guilty. There's a Good Performance from a German Shepard who Barks or Howls now and then to keep the Audience Awake.A Gimmick or Two and the Movie Concludes with Clues Solved in the Claustrophobic Hunting Cabin and Purcell and Sheridan, of course, are Off to the Wedding Chapel. A Requirement from the "Code" after Spending so much Time in the same House After Dark.Below Average on Every Level.Note...The Print that TCM ran in Dec. 2016 had a bad soundtrack that fluctuates in volume and is over and under modulated and distorted. Not a pleasant experience. Not sure if the sound deficiency was from the source or the delivery systems.
mark.waltz Suicide wasn't quite painless for the elderly patriarch of a greedy family, especially when it appears to have been murder! Suspicions of foul play lead to a reunion of everybody who was there that night, and more "suicides" begin to occur. All the archetypes of this type of melodrama appear including a grumpy wheelchair bound aunt (sister of the first victim who may have motives of her own), greedy and grieving children, sinister servants, a noble nurse and an unwelcome detective whose presence leads to attempts on his own life. Clues are found in the lining of a toupee, the aunt isn't as frail as she pretends to be, and when somebody is caught with their hands in the till, all suspicions point to them.A young Ann Sheridan plays the nurse of the dowager British character actress Elspeth Dugeon who had moved from bit parts the previous year to an unforgettable performance in the low-budget comedy thriller "Sh! The Octopus!". After years of being an extra, Sheridan had slowly risen to "B" leads but other than a few where she was paired with Pat O'Brien, Humphrey Bogart and James Cagney, the material she was given was genuinely weak. Dick Purcell plays her detective pal who obviously wants a bit more. Other than Elspeth Dugeon, the only really interesting performance here is the "Rin-Tin-Tin" type dog who has a fear of rifles and seems to know through his bark who the killer is. This genuinely ranks at the bottom of the rung of Warner Brothers' "B" unit, made difficult to tolerate even at an hour's running time because of the film's slow pacing and stage play like setting.
Neil Doyle MYSTERY STREET gives laconic DICK PURCELL the leading role, while ANN SHERIDAN is seen in one of her early roles at a time when the studio was grooming her for bigger things in the future. She's a nurse caring for a crotchety old woman (ELSPETH DUDGEON) in a wheelchair, an old woman who is annoying as all get out as she bosses everyone around.The setting is a snowbound hunting lodge, a handsome cabin where all of the suspects in a rich man's murder are gathered for the weekend, while Sheridan summons her boyfriend detective Purcell to unravel the murder case. He does so, with the help of a few clues that lead to the murderer's identity and in time for a happy ending with Sheridan promising to marry him.It's standard stuff, respectable enough to play the lower half of double bills back in the '30s. Fans of "Perry Mason" on TV, will recognize WILLIAM HOPPER (with dark black hair), but most of the cast consists of largely unknown players.Lasting only a brisk 56 minutes, it passes the time quickly and is a moderately entertaining B-film mystery.
marlene_rantz I enjoyed this movie very much. Considering it is a B-movie, in my opinion, it is a good B-movie. It is based on the mystery novel "The Mystery of Hunting's End" by Mignon G. Eberhart, and the movie title "Mystery House" is very appropriate, since a group of people are gathered together in a house where a man was murdered. The acting by the entire cast is good. With the exception of Dick Purcell and Ann Sheridan, I was not familiar with any of them. It is a short movie, but there is much action in less than one hour. I would recommend this movie to anyone who is interested in a good mystery movie. The hour went by very fast.