The "Crime Club" detective-novel series spawned a film counterpart in 1935, which for the next four years bounced around such studios as Warner Bros., Universal, and Chesterfield. The last-named company's contribution was , based on a novel by Norman Lippincott. Usually cast as an oily villain, John Miljan heads the cast as detective Bill Holt, who has suspects aplenty to choose from when the titular murder takes place. The catalyst for the killing -- and all follow-up killings -- is faithless wife Muriel Randall, an uncharacteristic assignment for brassy blonde character-comedienne Iris Adrian. As was usually the case in the Chesterfield product, is populated by several former silent-movie favorites, including Barry Norton, Betty Blythe (heavily disguised as an old lady, which she wasn't at the time) and Robert Frazer.

Starring:

Barry Norton, Betty Blythe, Don Brodie, EH Calvert, Frank O'Connor, Harry Holman, Henry Hall, Irene Ware, Iris Adrian, James Eagles, James P Burtis, John Miljan, Kit Guard, Lester Dorr, Lew Kelly, Noel Madison, Oscar Apfel, Paul Ellis, Robert Frazer, Sidney Bracey, Stanley Blystone, Wilson Benge

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