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Curtain at Eight

NR

1933

68 minutes

Mystery

Overview

An elderly detective sets out to find who murdered a lecherous stage actor. His estranged wife? His would-be fiancee? Her father? Her boyfriend? A suicided actress's sister? The temperamental prop man? Or maybe the show's talented female chimpanzee?

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Top Cast

C. Aubrey Smith headshot

C. Aubrey Smith

Detective Jim Hanley

Sam Hardy headshot

Sam Hardy

Capt. Martin Gallagher

Russell Hopton headshot

Russell Hopton

Reporter Mooney

Ruthelma Stevens headshot

Ruthelma Stevens

Doris Manning

Hale Hamilton headshot

Hale Hamilton

J.K. Manning

Jack Mulhall headshot

Jack Mulhall

Carey Weldon

Dorothy Mackaill headshot

Dorothy Mackaill

Lola Cresmer

Syd Saylor headshot

Syd Saylor

Mac MacIntosh, the prop man

Paul Cavanagh headshot

Paul Cavanagh

Wylie Thornton

Natalie Moorhead headshot

Natalie Moorhead

Alma Jenkins Thornton

Marion Shilling headshot

Marion Shilling

Anice Cresmer

William Humphrey headshot

William Humphrey

Allison, addled actor

Herman Bing headshot

Herman Bing

Sam, stage director

Dot Farley headshot

Dot Farley

Ella, hefty actress

Arthur Hoyt headshot

Arthur Hoyt

Watkins, theater watchman

Matthew Betz headshot

Matthew Betz

"Lovely" Holmes

Walter Brennan headshot

Walter Brennan

Backstage Detective [extra]