''Murder on the Second Floor'' is a 1932

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directed by William C. McGann and starring Pat Paterson,

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and Sydney Fairbrother. The screenplay concerns a novelist who imagines the murders of his fellow boarding-house tenants. It was based on a play of the same name by Frank Vosper.

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later remade it in

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as '' Shadows on the Stairs'' (1941).

Cast

as Hugh Bromilow * Pat Paterson as Sylvia Armitage * Sydney Fairbrother as Miss Snell * Ben Field as Mr. Armitage * Florence Desmond as Lucy * Franklyn Bellamy as Joseph Reynolds * John Turnbull as Inspector

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* 1932 films British mystery thriller films 1930s crime thriller films British detective films 1930s English-language films British black-and-white films 1930s mystery thriller films Films set in London Films directed by William C. McGann 1930s British films English-language crime thriller films English-language mystery thriller films {{crime-thriller-film-stub