The Preview Murder Mystery

The Preview Murder Mystery

60 mins | Thriller, Mystery | Feb. 28, 1936

The star of "Song of the Toreador" receives threatening messages that he will not survive the preview screening of the film. The studio publicist works with the Director, the Producer and the police, to discover who is behind the threats.

The Preview Murder Mystery

60 mins | Thriller, Mystery | Feb. 28, 1936

The Preview Murder Mystery
The star of "Song of the Toreador" receives threatening messages that he will not survive the preview screening of the film. The studio publicist works with the Director, the Producer and the police, to discover who is behind the threats.
IMDb rating 6.4
Producers Paramount
Original title The Preview Murder Mystery
Directors Richard Harlan, Robert Yost, Robert Florey
Writers Garnett Weston, Robert Yost, Brian Marlow

Cast

Reginald Denny

as Johnny Morgan

Frances Drake

as Peggy Madison

Gail Patrick

as Claire Woodward Smith

George Barbier

as Jerome Hewitt

Ian Keith

as E. Gordon Smith

Rod La Rocque

as Neil DuBeck

Conway Tearle

as Edwin Strange

Thomas E. Jackson

as Detective McKane

Jack Raymond

as George Tyson

Colin Tapley

as Studio Manager

Jack Mulhall

as Jack Rawlins

Bryant Washburn

as Karl Jennings

Franklyn Farnum

as James Deley

Lee Shumway

as Chief of Police

Spencer Charters

as Watchman

Chester Conklin

as Comedian

Hank Mann

as Comedian

William Arnold

as Theatre Manager (Uncredited)

William Bailey

as Studio Commissary Chief (Uncredited)

Bobby Barber

as Prop Man (Uncredited)

George Barton

as Technician (Uncredited)

Sidney Bracey

as DuBeck's Valet (Uncredited)

Henry Brandon

as The Bat Man (Uncredited)

Bob Card

as Cowboy (Uncredited)

F.O. Collings

as Sound Man (Uncredited)

Nell Craig

as Woman in Preview Audience (Uncredited)

Lester Dorr

as Reporter (Uncredited)

Eddie Dunn

as Tub Wilson (Uncredited)

Estelle Etterre

as Hewitt's Secretary (Uncredited)

Matty Fain

as Reporter (Uncredited)

Hyman Fink

as Photographer (Uncredited)

John George

as The Gnome (Uncredited)

Chuck Hamilton

as Policeman (Uncredited)

Edward Hearn

as Officer (Uncredited)

Isabel La Mal

as Woman in Preview Audience (Uncredited)

Frank Losee Jr.

as Assistant Manager (Uncredited)

Wilfred Lucas

as Director (Uncredited)

Carl McBride

as Still Photographer (Uncredited)

Philo McCullough

as Policeman (Uncredited)

Torben Meyer

as Smith's Butler (Uncredited)

Frances Morris

as Script Girl (Uncredited)

Jack Norton

as Comedy Director (Uncredited)

Paddy O'Flynn

as Assistant Director (Uncredited)

Franklin Parker

as Cutter (Uncredited)

Jack Paul

as Newsboy (Uncredited)

Earl Pingree

as Officer (Uncredited)

Ralph Rainger

as Himself (Uncredited)

Craig Reynolds

as Actor (Uncredited)

Charles Ruggles

as Cameo Appearance as Himself at Preview (Uncredited)

Dick Rush

as Detective (Uncredited)

Ed Schaefer

as Detective (Uncredited)

Ferdinand Schumann-Heink

as English Officer (Uncredited)

Charles L. Sherwood

as Jovial Cop (Uncredited)

Phillips Smalley

as Ben, Hewitt's Legal Advisor (Uncredited)

Claude Stroud

as Monk Gibbons (Uncredited)

Hatto Tappenbeck

as Cameraman (Uncredited)

Monte Vandergrift

as Watchman (Uncredited)

Luz Vasquez

as Dancer (Uncredited)

Larry Wheat

as Supervisor (Uncredited)

Neil Wheeler

as Boom Man (Uncredited)