The Black Doll
1938
HE WAS A VERY "EXCLUSIVE" DETECTIVE! The clues had to find him!
Directed by Otis Garrett
User Rating
Intensity
Nicholas Rood, dishonest mine owner, finds a Black Doll on his desk and knows that vengeance is about to overtake him for murdering his former partner. He is knifed as he talks to his daughter Marian. She summons her fiancé Nick Halstead, a private detective. He finds that six people had a motive for the murder; Rood's sister Mrs. Laura Leland; her son Rex; Rood's associates Mallison and Walling; Esteban, a servant and Dr. Giddings. Sheriff Renick and his deputy Red get the clues all mixed up, but Nick finally narrows the search down to one suspect...
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Details
- Director
- Otis Garrett
- Written by
- William Edward Hayes, Harold Buckley
- Studio
- Universal Pictures
- Origin country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 6m
- Language
- en
- Rating
- NR
- TMDB
- 6.5/10 (6 votes)
- IMDb
- 5.6/10 (266 votes)
Cast
Donald Woods
Nick Halstead
Nan Grey
Marian Rood
Edgar Kennedy
Sheriff Renick
C. Henry Gordon
Nelson Rood
Doris Lloyd
Laura Leland
John Wray
Walling
Addison Richards
A.H. Mallison
Holmes Herbert
Dr. Giddings
William Lundigan
Rex Leland
Fred Malatesta
Esteban, the butler
Inez Palange
Rosita, the housekeeper
Syd Saylor
Deputy Red
Arthur Hoyt
Coroner
John Harmon
Cabbie
