The Property of the Absent

The Property of the Absent

90 mins | Crime | Jan. 1, 1939

A young lady is employed by a millionaire. She is kidnapped instead of the rich woman by a gang, on behalf of people who were interested in the rich woman's disappearance. She is brought to a special hotel, where the guests are people who are imprisoned because their families wanted to get rid of them. The rich woman is finally able to convince a police officer to investigate the strange vanishing. A prisoner goes mad and sets fire to the prison, which could not have been detected otherwise, freeing the disappeared at last.

The Property of the Absent

90 mins | Crime | Jan. 1, 1939

The Property of the Absent
A young lady is employed by a millionaire. She is kidnapped instead of the rich woman by a gang, on behalf of people who were interested in the rich woman's disappearance. She is brought to a special hotel, where the guests are people who are imprisoned because their families wanted to get rid of them. The rich woman is finally able to convince a police officer to investigate the strange vanishing. A prisoner goes mad and sets fire to the prison, which could not have been detected otherwise, freeing the disappeared at last.
Producers
Original title L'albergo degli assenti
Directors Raffaello Matarazzo
Writers

Cast

Carla Candiani

as Muriel

Paola Barbara

as Renata