Strange Illusion

An adolescent believes that his widowed mother's suitor may have murdered his father.

Cast

Jimmy Lydon

as Paul Cartwright

Warren William

as Brett Curtis

Sally Eilers

as Virginia Cartwright

Regis Toomey

as Dr. Vincent

Charles Arnt

as Professor Muhlbach

George H. Reed

as Benjamin

Jayne Hazard

as Dorothy Cartwright

Jimmy Clark

as George Hanover

Mary McLeod

as Lydia

Pierre Watkin

as District Attorney Wallace Armstrong

Reviews

CinemaSerf

Shortly after his father dies, the bright young “Paul” (Jimmy Lydon) starts to have nightmares that his mother’s new beau is, in some way, behind the death. Of course, she (Sally Ellers) doesn’t know of his spooky suspicions, but he does confide in his doctor (Regis Toomey) who is sceptical to begin...

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