Title: A Strange Adventure
Year: 1932
Genres: Mystery; Crime; Drama
Director: Phil Whitman

Cast:

• Regis Toomey as Detective-Sergeant Mitchell
• June Clyde as “Nosey” Toodles
• Lucille La Verne as Miss Sheen
• Jason Robards Sr. as Dr. Bailey
• William V. Mong as Silas Wayne
• Eddie Phillips as Claude Wayne
• Dwight Frye as Robert Wayne
• Nadine Dore as Gloria Dryden
• Alan Roscoe as Stephen Boulter
• Isabel Vecki as Sarah Boulter

Synopsis:

When millionaire Silas Wayne is found dead—with a dagger in his heart and a house full of silent witnesses—Detective-Sergeant Mitchell teams up with intrepid reporter “Nosey” Toodles to unmask the hooded killer. As they sift through family rivalries, greedy heirs and dangerous servants, every shadowy corridor of the Wayne mansion hides a fresh clue. In a race against time, Mitchell and Toodles must outwit the murderer before another victim falls.

Trivia:

• Also released under the title The Wayne Murder Case.
• One of the few surviving pre-Code “old dark house” mysteries, showcasing early talkie-era suspense.
• Cinematographer Leon Shamroy went on to win multiple Academy Awards later in his career.
• Dwight Frye, famous for his role as Renfield in Dracula (1931), plays Silas Wayne’s unstable son.
• Entered the public domain when Chadwick Pictures failed to renew its copyright.