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The Patient in Room 18 (1938)
Directed by Crane Wilbur, Bobby Connolly
“$100,000 worth of radium vanishes...three men are mysteriously killed...a corpse comes back from the dead...and it's only the beginning folks, only the beginning!”
Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Romance · 57m
Choreographer Bob Connolly and prolific screenwriter Crane Wilbur teamed up on the direction of Warner Bros.' The Patient in Room 18. Patric Knowles delivers a delightfully comic performance as Lance, an outwardly normal young man obsessed with detective stories. When his obsession threatens to lapse over into lunacy, Lance is sent to the hospital for a nice long rest. It isn't long before he gets mixed up in a genuine murder mystery, using his second-hand knowhow to solve the case. Up-and-coming Ann Sheridan is quite amusing as Lance's nurse and confidante, while the murderer is played by a fellow who is usually cast as the murder victim.
Cast
Patric Knowles
Lance O'Leary
Ann Sheridan
Sara Keate
John Ridgely
Jim Warren
Rosella Towne
Maida Day
Charles Trowbridge
Dr. Bahman
Cliff Clark
Inspector Foley
Harland Tucker
Dr. Arthur Lethany
Edward Raquello
Dr. Fred Harker
Vickie Lester
Nurse Taylor
Edward McWade
Frank Warren
Crew
- Director
- Crane Wilbur, Bobby Connolly
Details
- Release date
- 1938-01-08
- Runtime
- 57m
- Genres
- Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Romance
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Warner Bros. Pictures