The Unholy Night

The Unholy Night

94 mins | Thriller, Mystery | Sept. 13, 1929

One dark foggy London night, someone tries to strangle Lord Montague, but he escapes. Only to discover the four other men who did get killed were old regimental comrades in Gallipoli. When Scotland Yard gets Monty to gather the other nine surviving officers at his home, one of them is murdered, and no one else has entered the house. Now, they must determine who the murderer is.

The Unholy Night

94 mins | Thriller, Mystery | Sept. 13, 1929

The Unholy Night
One dark foggy London night, someone tries to strangle Lord Montague, but he escapes. Only to discover the four other men who did get killed were old regimental comrades in Gallipoli. When Scotland Yard gets Monty to gather the other nine surviving officers at his home, one of them is murdered, and no one else has entered the house. Now, they must determine who the murderer is.
IMDb rating 5.6
Producers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Original title The Unholy Night
Directors Lionel Barrymore
Writers Dorothy Farnum, Ben Hecht, Edwin Justus Mayer

Cast

Ernest Torrence

as Dr. Ballou

Roland Young

as Lord Montague

Dorothy Sebastian

as Lady Efra

Natalie Moorhead

as Lady Vi

Sydney Jarvis

as The Butler

Polly Moran

as Polly, Maid

George Cooper

as Frey, Lord Montague's Orderly

Sôjin Kamiyama

as The Mystic

Claude Fleming

as Sir James Rumsey

Clarence Geldart

as Inspector Lewis

Boris Karloff

as The Hindu Lawyer / Abdul Mohammed Bey - the Hindu Lawyer (uncredited)

John Miljan

as Major Mallory

Richard Tucker

as Colonel Davidson

John Loder

as Captain Dorchester

Philip Strange

as Lieutenant Williams

John Roche

as Lieutenant Savor

Lionel Belmore

as Major Endicott

Gerald Barry

as Captain Bradley

Richard Travers

as Major McDougal

Ellinor Vanderveer

as Guest at First Seance