Mystery
Curtain at Eight
An elderly detective sets out to find who murdered a lecherous stage actor. His estranged wife? His would-be fiancee? Her father? Her boyfriend? A suicided actress's sister? The temperamental prop man? Or maybe the show's talented female chimpanzee?
Directed by E. Mason Hopper
64
User score
8 votes
Status
Released
Released
October 1, 1933
Runtime
1h 8m
Language
English
Top cast
C. Aubrey Smith
Detective Jim Hanley
Sam Hardy
Capt. Martin Gallagher
Russell Hopton
Reporter Mooney
Ruthelma Stevens
Doris Manning
Hale Hamilton
J.K. Manning
Jack Mulhall
Carey Weldon
Dorothy Mackaill
Lola Cresmer
Syd Saylor
Mac MacIntosh, the prop man
Paul Cavanagh
Wylie Thornton
Natalie Moorhead
Alma Jenkins Thornton
Marion Shilling
Anice Cresmer
William Humphrey
Allison, addled actor
Herman Bing
Sam, stage director
Dot Farley
Ella, hefty actress
Arthur Hoyt
Watkins, theater watchman
Matthew Betz
"Lovely" Holmes
Walter Brennan
Backstage Detective [extra]
