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5.7/10   51 votes
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Writers:
Albert DeMond (writer)
Adam Shirk (play)
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Release Date:
30 March 1934 (USA) more
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Tagline:
Out of the Mystic Temples of Old India crept this terrible Monster ... to wreak vengeance of the Hindu Gods ... One by one its victims fell with not a trace of the bloody assassin. more
Plot:
An ancient curse and a killer ape are contained inside an old dark mansion. | add synopsis
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Respectable but forgettable.Ok but nothing nothing special. more (6 total)

Cast

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Ed Lowry ... Dylan 'Jack' Armstrong
Verna Hillie ... Ella Browning
John Sheehan ... Harry Smith
Brandon Hurst ... Hindu Priest
Joyzelle Joyner ... Chanda (as Laya Joy)
Fritzi Ridgeway ... Stella Walker
Clay Clement ... John Prendergast aka John Pren

George 'Gabby' Hayes ... David Fells (as George Hayes)
Dale Fuller ... Mrs. Geraldine Carfax
Harry C. Bradley ... Prof. Horatio Potter (as Harry Bradley)
Irving Bacon ... Police Insp. Ned Pickens
Mary Foy ... Mrs. Hyacinth Potter
Sam Godfrey ... Jerome Ellis (as Samuel Godfrey)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Ape (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
62 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
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Version of The Ape (1940) more

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4 out of 4 people found the following comment useful.
Respectable but forgettable.Ok but nothing nothing special., 9 April 2004
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Author: Chuck Straub from Mansfield, CT USA

House of Mystery is ok as a 1934 mystery movie with a respectful dose of comedy thrown in. I was hoping for something a little scarier but that never came about. As a mystery, I thought it was below average but the strange and often comedic characters did keep things interesting. The movie doesn't drag or bog down, but that may be in large part to the fact that the film is only 62 minutes long. It never really met my expectations but had enough going for it that it managed to keep my interest. My impression of this movie is that it was just an ok movie, nothing special, but certainly not bad. If you see it, I think you might get some enjoyment out of it, but if you don't see it, you're really not missing too much. A respectable but forgettable 30s mystery movie.

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