The Lady in the Morgue

A detective investigates the disappearance of a girl's body from the city morgue.

Cast

Preston Foster

as Det. Bill Crane

Patricia Ellis

as Mrs. Sam Taylor

Frank Jenks

as Doc Williams

Thomas E. Jackson

as Police Lieutenant Strom

Bill Elliott

as Chauncey Courtland

Roland Drew

as Sam Taylor

Barbara Pepper

as Kay Renshaw

Joe Downing

as Steve Collins

Archie Robbins

as Frankie French

Al Hill

as Spitzy

Reviews

CinemaSerf

Hold on to your hats - this doesn't (sorry) hang around. A woman's body is found in a dodgy hotel. The police think it suicide, but before anyone can establish who did what to whom - and, indeed, whom she actually was - the body goes AWOL. Investigating PI "Dick Crane" (Preston Foster) gets bumped o...

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