While the Patient Slept (film)
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Eugene Solow
Brown Holmes (add. dialogue)
1930 novel
by Mignon G. Eberhart
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| Directed by | Ray Enright |
| Written by | Robert N. Lee Eugene Solow Brown Holmes (add. dialogue) |
| Based on | the novel While the Patient Slept 1930 novel by Mignon G. Eberhart |
| Produced by | Harry Joe Brown (uncredited) |
| Starring | Aline MacMahon Guy Kibbee |
| Cinematography | Arthur Edeson |
| Edited by | Owen Marks |
| Music by | Bernhard Kaun (uncredited) |
| Distributed by | First National Pictures |
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Running time | 65-67 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
While the Patient Slept is a 1935 comedy murder mystery film directed by Ray Enright starring Aline MacMahon as a nurse/crime sleuth and Guy Kibbee as her boyfriend and police detective. It is based on the novel of the same name written by Mignon G. Eberhart.
A comedic murder mystery involving a nurse who is assigned to the at-home care of a man who recently had a stroke. While he is unconscious, on a dark and stormy night, a murder takes place in his bedroom. With family members and potential heirs confined to the house for several days, additional murders occur while the nurse and a police detective work on solving the case.
Cast
- Aline MacMahon as Nurse Sarah Keate
- Guy Kibbee as Detective Lt. Lance O'Leary
- Lyle Talbot as Ross Lonergan
- Patricia Ellis as March Federie
- Allen Jenkins as Police Sgt. Jim Jackson
- Robert Barrat as Adolphe Federie
- Hobart Cavanaugh as Eustace Federie
- Dorothy Tree as Mittie Federie
- Henry O'Neill as Elihu Dimuck
- Russell Hicks as Dr. Jay
- Helen Flint as Isobel Federie
- Brandon Hurst as Grondal
- Eddie Shubert as Detective Muldoon
- Walter Walker as Richard Federie
- George Chandler as Evening Bulletin Reporter
Series
Warner Bros. Pictures marketed 12 mystery films as components of the "Clue Club", movies tied to Black Mask, a pulp magazine, aimed at increasing audiences attending WB mystery movies. There were twelve titles bearing the Warner Bros. Pictures "Clue Club" label released from 1935 to 1938.[1][2][3]
Clue Club #1: The White Cockatoo (1935)
Clue Club #2: While the Patient Slept (1935)
Clue Club #3: The Florentine Dagger (1935)[4]
Clue Club #4: The Case of the Curious Bride (1935)
Clue Club #5: The Case of the Lucky Legs (1935)
Clue Club #6: The Murder of Dr. Harrigan (1936)
Clue Club #7: Murder by an Aristocrat (1936)
Clue Club #8: The Case of the Velvet Claws (1936)
Clue Club #9: The Case of the Black Cat (1936)
Clue Club #10: The Case of the Stuttering Bishop (1937)
Clue Club #11: The Patient in Room 18 (1938)
Clue Club #12: Mystery House (1938)