The Murder in the Museum

When a city councilman is murdered while investigating allegations of drug dealing going on a a somewhat disreputable sideshow, the daughter of the chief suspect teams up with a newspaper reporter to find the real killer.

Cast

Henry B. Walthall

as Bernard Latham Wayne, alias Prof. Mysto

John Harron

as Jerry Ross

Phyllis Barrington

as Lois Brandon

Tom O'Brien

as Alfred Carr

Joseph W. Girard

as Police Commissioner Brandon

Symona Boniface

as Katura the Seeress

Donald Kerr

as Museum Tour Guide

Sam Flint

as Councilman Blair Newgate

John Elliott

as Detective Chief Snell

Steve Clemente

as Pedro Darro

Reviews

CinemaSerf

This may well have had worthier undertones about the levels of corruption and deprivation of parts of America in the 1930s, but to get the message across succinctly, this would have had to improve considerably on the rather humdrum effort we are presented with here. A well-meaning city councillor is...

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