Whos Guilty
6.2 /10 1 Votes
Music director Lee Zahler Cinematography Ira H. Morgan Language English | 6/10 IMDb Genre Action, Crime, Mystery Producer Sam Katzman Duration Country United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Director Howard Bretherton
Wallace Grissell Writer Ande Lamb , George H. Plympton Release date 13 December 1945 Directors Howard Bretherton, Wallace Grissell Cast Robert Kent , Charles Middleton , Tim Ryan , Amelita Ward , Minerva Urecal Similar movies The Secret of Treasure Island (1938) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Whos Guilty? (1945) is a Columbia film serial. It was the 28th of the 57 serials released by that studio. Whos Guilty? was a rare attempt at a whodunit mystery film in serial form.
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Plot
Walter Calvert (Clark) calls upon his brother Henry at his eerie old house and demands a share of the family fortune, and threatening to kill Henry if he doesnt get it. Within days, Henrys car goes over a cliff and he is presumed dead. Bob Stewart, Kent - a detective whom Henry asked to investigate the matter if he should die, begins his investigation and Duke Ellis, a newspaper reporter friend is with him. Bob meets the family at their mansion and questions Henrys sister, his half-brother, his nephew and his nephews bride, and Ruth Allen (Ward), whose father was in business with Henry. Henrys brother Patton (Middleton) and a shadowy figure known as The Voice, plan to kill all the relatives and divide the fortune. As the murder attempts multiply, Bob, Ruth and Duke endeavor to track down the masterminds and bring them to justice...
Cast
Critical reception
In the opinion of Cline, Robert Kent, as Police Investigator Bob Stewart was the only sane characterisation. The serial was a "complicated melange of victims and suspects...[Other characters] seemed lost in a swirl of plots, counterplots and cross plots that none of them could understand."
Similar Movies
The Secret of Treasure Island (1938). White Eagle (1941). Jungle Raiders (1945). The Valley of Vanishing Men (1942). Sam Katzman produced Whos Guilty? and Jack Armstrong.
Chapter titles
- Avenging Visitor
- The Unknown Strikes
- Held fro Murder
- A Killer at Bay
- Human Bait
- The Plunge of Doom
- A Date with Fate
- Invisible Hands
- Fates Vengeance
- The Unknown Killer
- Riding to Oblivion
- The Tank of Terror
- White Terror
- A Cry in the Night
- The Guilty One
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References
Whos Guilty? WikipediaWhos Guilty? IMDb