''Moonlight Murder'' is a 1936 American
crime film
Crime film is a film belonging to the crime fiction genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and fiction. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine with many other genres, such as Drama (film and television), dr ...
directed by
Edwin L. Marin and written by
Florence Ryerson and
Edgar Allan Woolf
Edgar Allan Woolf (April 25, 1881 – December 9, 1943) was an American lyricist, playwright, and screenwriter. He is best known as the co-author of the script for the 1939 film ''The Wizard of Oz''.
Early years and education
Woolf was the son ...
. The film stars
Chester Morris,
Madge Evans,
Leo Carrillo,
Frank McHugh,
Benita Hume,
Grant Mitchell,
Katharine Alexander and
J. Carrol Naish. The film was released on March 27, 1936, by
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (also known as Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, commonly shortened to MGM or MGM Studios) is an American Film production, film and television production and film distribution, distribution company headquartered ...
.
Plot
An
amateur detective gets a chance to test his sleuthing skills when an opera singer is murdered at the
Hollywood Bowl.
Cast
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Chester Morris as Steve Farrell
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Madge Evans as Toni Adams
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Leo Carrillo as Gino D'Acosta
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Frank McHugh as William
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Benita Hume as Diana
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Grant Mitchell as Dr. Adams
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Katharine Alexander as Louisa Chiltern
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J. Carrol Naish as Bejac
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H. B. Warner as Godfrey Chiltern ...
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Duncan Renaldo as Pedro
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Leonard Ceeley as Ivan Bosloff
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Robert McWade as Police Chief Quinlan
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Pedro de Cordoba as Swami
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Charles Trowbridge
Charles Silas Richard Trowbridge (January 10, 1882 – October 30, 1967) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 230 films from 1915 to 1958 principally playing patrician authority figures.
Biography
Trowbridge was born in Verac ...
as Stage Manager
References
External links
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1936 films
1930s English-language films
American crime films
1936 crime films
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films
Films directed by Edwin L. Marin
American black-and-white films
Films scored by Herbert Stothart
Films with screenplays by Florence Ryerson
Films with screenplays by Edgar Allan Woolf
Films scored by Edward Ward (composer)
1930s American films
Films set in Los Angeles
English-language crime films
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