A Midnight Adventure
1928-05-01 · 60 min · ★ 10.0
A murder is committed at a country mansion. All the guests present at the estate fall under immediate suspicion as investigators attempt to solve the mystery before they strike again.
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- Directors
- Duke Worne
- Production companies
- Rayart Pictures Corporation, Duke Worne Productions
- Countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Cullen LandisFred Nicholson
Edna MurphyJeanne Wentworth
Ernest HilliardRandolph Sargent
Jack RichardsonAnthony Munroe
Allan SearsBart Gainsborough
Virginia KirtleyAlicia Gainsborough
Betty CaldwellJosephine Franklin
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