While the Patient Slept

While the Patient Slept

66 mins | Mystery | March 9, 1935

A murder happens when greedy relatives gather to await the demise of their wealthy and very ill family patriarch.

While the Patient Slept

66 mins | Mystery | March 9, 1935

While the Patient Slept
A murder happens when greedy relatives gather to await the demise of their wealthy and very ill family patriarch.
IMDb rating 6.1
Producers Warner Bros. Pictures, First National Pictures
Original title While the Patient Slept
Directors Ray Enright
Writers Mignon G. Eberhart, Eugene Solow, Robert N. Lee

Cast

Aline MacMahon

as Nurse Sarah Keate

Guy Kibbee

as Detective Lt. Lance O'Leary

Lyle Talbot

as Ross Lonergan

Patricia Ellis

as March Federie, Richard's Granddaughter

Allen Jenkins

as Police Sgt. Jim Jackson

Robert Barrat

as Adolphe Federie

Hobart Cavanaugh

as Eustace Federie

Dorothy Tree

as Mittie Federie

Henry O'Neill

as Elihu Dimuck

Russell Hicks

as Dr. Jay

Helen Flint

as Isobel Federie - Adolphe's Wife

Brandon Hurst

as Grondal - the Butler

Eddie Shubert

as Detective Muldoon

Walter Walker

as Richard Federie

Joseph E. Bernard

as 'Murph' Murphy - the Ballistics Expert (uncredited)

George Chandler

as Evening Bulletin Reporter (uncredited)

Nick Copeland

as Detective Davis aka Johnson (uncredited)

Joseph Crehan

as Evening Bulletin Editor (uncredited)

Bill Elliott

as Bank Teller (uncredited)

Virginia Howell

as Kema - the Cook (uncredited)

Milton Kibbee

as Evening Bulletin Archivist (uncredited)

Henry Otho

as Frank - Detective (uncredited)

John J. Richardson

as Reporter (uncredited)

Ferdinand Schumann-Heink

as Reporter (uncredited)

Harry Seymour

as Photographer (uncredited)

Huey White

as Sarah's Taxi Driver (uncredited)

Jack Wise

as Reporter (uncredited)