Under Suspicion (1937) DVD-R
Starring Jack Holt, Katherine DeMille, Luis Alberni, Rosalind Keith, Esther
Muir
Directed by Lewis D. Collins
Print: black/white
Runtime: 61 min.
Genre: mystery
Print Quality: B
When auto magnate Robert Bailey announces he is going to retire and
turn his plant over to the employees he incurs the enmity of K.Y. Mitchell,
a large stockholder in the company; Carey MacGregor, head of a parts
manufacturing company that depends on Bailey Motors for most of its
business; Logan Walters, general manager of the business and his
social-climbing wife Laura; and Mary Brookhart, a predatory widow who is
also a large stockholder and in love with Bailey. Bailey announces he is
flying to his mountain retreat for a vacation and to complete the transfer
of his interests to the employees. On the way to the airport, Bailey's car is
side-swiped and his private plane cracks up before leaving the ground.
Bailey is injured and his taken home, and narrowly escapes death when a
bullet is fired through his bedroom window, He hires noted detective
Frank Rogers to investigate. Mitchell, MacGregor, Walters, Mary and
Bailey's ne'er-do-well nephew, Ralph are all suspected by the detective.
In a scheme to make the guilty party show his hand, Bailey, his attorney
Nelson Dudley and Rogers decide to invite the suspects to a week-end
party at Bailey's lodge. The nephew brings an uninvited guest, Doris. A
dummy decoy is placed in Bailey's bed and another detective placed on
watch. The next morning, the operative is found dead from a bullet fired
through the window. On Dudley's advice, Bailey and Rogers agree to
keep the killing secret. Another detective, accompanied by Dudley, takes
the body to town, and later this detective is found dead. MacGregor
returns from a hunting trip and tells Bailey and Rogers he knows the
name of the guilty party but, just as he about to reveal the name, he is
shot from outside. Though MacGregor is not killed, Rogers announces
that he is dead. Rogers calls a midnight meeting of all the guests and
Bailey, noting that Dudley is missing, starts a search of the house. He is
attacked in the cellar, but subdues his assailant.
Starring Jack Holt, Katherine DeMille, Luis Alberni, Rosalind Keith, Esther
Muir
Directed by Lewis D. Collins
Print: black/white
Runtime: 61 min.
Genre: mystery
Print Quality: B
When auto magnate Robert Bailey announces he is going to retire and
turn his plant over to the employees he incurs the enmity of K.Y. Mitchell,
a large stockholder in the company; Carey MacGregor, head of a parts
manufacturing company that depends on Bailey Motors for most of its
business; Logan Walters, general manager of the business and his
social-climbing wife Laura; and Mary Brookhart, a predatory widow who is
also a large stockholder and in love with Bailey. Bailey announces he is
flying to his mountain retreat for a vacation and to complete the transfer
of his interests to the employees. On the way to the airport, Bailey's car is
side-swiped and his private plane cracks up before leaving the ground.
Bailey is injured and his taken home, and narrowly escapes death when a
bullet is fired through his bedroom window, He hires noted detective
Frank Rogers to investigate. Mitchell, MacGregor, Walters, Mary and
Bailey's ne'er-do-well nephew, Ralph are all suspected by the detective.
In a scheme to make the guilty party show his hand, Bailey, his attorney
Nelson Dudley and Rogers decide to invite the suspects to a week-end
party at Bailey's lodge. The nephew brings an uninvited guest, Doris. A
dummy decoy is placed in Bailey's bed and another detective placed on
watch. The next morning, the operative is found dead from a bullet fired
through the window. On Dudley's advice, Bailey and Rogers agree to
keep the killing secret. Another detective, accompanied by Dudley, takes
the body to town, and later this detective is found dead. MacGregor
returns from a hunting trip and tells Bailey and Rogers he knows the
name of the guilty party but, just as he about to reveal the name, he is
shot from outside. Though MacGregor is not killed, Rogers announces
that he is dead. Rogers calls a midnight meeting of all the guests and
Bailey, noting that Dudley is missing, starts a search of the house. He is
attacked in the cellar, but subdues his assailant.
| Product Name | Under Suspicion (1937) DVD-R |
|---|---|
| This item is returnable | No |
