Movie Cosmos - Murder by Invitation

Description:

The relatives of a rich old woman unsuccessfully try to have her declared insane, so they can divide up her money. To show them that there are no hard feelings, she invites them to her estate for the weekend so she can decide to whom she actually will leave her money when she dies. Soon, however, family members begin turning up dead.

Top Cast >

Wallace Ford

As Bob White

Marian Marsh

As Nora O'Brien

Sarah Padden

As Cassandra Hildegard Denham

Gavin Gordon

As Garson Denham

George Guhl

As Sheriff Boggs

Wallis Clark

As Judge Moore

Minerva Urecal

As Maxine Denham

J. Arthur Young

As Trowbridge Cadwalader Montrose

Herb Vigran

As Eddie Stats, photographer

Phillip Trent

As Larry Denham

Dave O'Brien

As Michael, the chauffeur

Hazel Keener

As Mary Denham

Isabel La Mal

As Martha Denham

Lee Shumway

As Eric, the groundsman

John James

As Tom Denham

Kay Deslys

As Katie, the cook

Kernan Cripps

As Deputy (Uncredited)

Dudley Dickerson

As Bob's Servant (Uncredited)

Eric Mayne

As Alienist (Uncredited)

Arthur Berkeley

As Courtroom Specator (uncredited)

James Carlisle

As Alienist (uncredited)

Top Crew >

Phil Rosen

Director

Reviews:

CinemaSerf (6/10)

This is quite an enjoyable little game of cinematic Cluedo as a bunch of avaricious relatives take their their rich old aunt "Cassie" (Sarah Padden) to court to try and get her certified so they can access her $3 million dollar fortune. They get stuffed in court but to show no harm has been done, the old lady invites them all to her country pile for the weekend. Not long afterwards they start dropping like flies and George Guhl ("Sheriff Boggs") and local hack "Bob White" (Wallace Ford) are on the case whilst there are still folks alive! The dialogue is quite fun and Padden, Ford and his secretary "Nora" (Marian Marsh) keep this rather daft pot-boiler swinging along nicely for just over an hour with lots of secret passages, red herrings and quite a satisfactory ending.

2022-06-25