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Murder at the Vanities

(1934)

May 18, 1934• 1h 29m
55%
TMDB Score

Overview

Shortly before the curtain goes up the first time at the latest performance of Earl Carroll's Vanities, someone is attempting to injure the leading lady Ann Ware, who wants to marry leading man Eric Lander. Stage manager Jack Ellery calls in his friend, policeman Bill Murdock, to help him investigate. Bill thinks Jack is offering to let him see the show from an unusual viewpoint after he forgot to get him tickets for the performance, but then they find the corpse of a murdered woman and Bill immediately suspects Eric of the crime.

Mitchell Leisen

Director

Top Billed Cast

CB

Carl Brisson

Eric Lander

VM

Victor McLaglen

Bill Murdock

JO

Jack Oakie

Jack Ellery

KC

Kitty Carlisle

Ann Ware

DS

Dorothy Stickney

Norma Watson

GM

Gertrude Michael

Rita Ross

JR

Jessie Ralph

Mrs. Helene Smith

CM

Charles Middleton

Homer Boothby

GP

Gail Patrick

Sadie Evans

DM

Donald Meek

Dr. Saunders