The Preview Murder Mystery

Someone is murdering the cast and crew of a new Hollywood movie, and the leading lady may be next. As a police detective locks down the lot and refuses to let anyone leave, the studio’s publicity head and his secretary attempt to solve the murders themselves.

Cast

Frances Drake

as Peggy Madison

Reginald Denny

as Johnny Morgan

Gail Patrick

as Claire Woodward

George Barbier

as Jerome Hewitt

Ian Keith

as E. Gordon Smith

Rod La Rocque

as Neil Du Beck

Conway Tearle

as Edwin Strange

Thomas E. Jackson

as Detective McKane

Jack Raymond

as George Tyson

Colin Tapley

as Studio Manager

Reviews

CinemaSerf

Rod Laroque ("DuBeck") has been getting threatening letters as he tries to conclude a film shoot at Paramount. Nobody is much surprised as he is a bit of a pain in the neck, but when the unthinkable does happen it falls to Reginald Denny ("Johnny Morgan") to get to the bottom of things. He'd better ...

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