The 1930s had many popular "Who done it?" type of movies that were much better than this one. In this case the mystery is more of a ..."Who is doing this?", as the bodies of party guests continue to pile up.
The plot is just too contrived rather than twisting and turning with realistic believable surprises. I had to laugh out loud near the end when Hardie Albright's character tries to commit suicide by taking poison concealed in his ring. Donald Cook's character realizes what is happening and struggles to prevent him from ingesting the poison. Donald's next words...."That's your last trick Abbott. Now get us out of here or I'll kill you."
The plot is just too contrived rather than twisting and turning with realistic believable surprises. I had to laugh out loud near the end when Hardie Albright's character tries to commit suicide by taking poison concealed in his ring. Donald Cook's character realizes what is happening and struggles to prevent him from ingesting the poison. Donald's next words...."That's your last trick Abbott. Now get us out of here or I'll kill you."