04 July 2021

One Frightened Night (1935)

This "comedic" murder mystery boasts a large cast. It was pretty good, with some funny gags. A woman was murdered though: it feels weird to laugh during a murder mystery. I did not figure out whodunit, but the reveal did make sense. Secret passages, poison, a trophy room full of human head-sculptures, random skulls as decorations, a thunderstorm knocks out the lights, everybody had a motive, lots of finger-pointing, a bumbling detective: this flick was stuffed with all the gags and tricks. That was #78 in my pandemic old-movie binge for 2020-21.

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