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Sinister sideshow of death!Plot:
When a city councilman is murdered while investigating allegations of drug dealing going on a a somewhat disreputable sideshow, the daughter of the chief suspect teams up with a newspaper reporter to find the real killer. | add synopsisUser Comments:
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(Credited cast)| Henry B. Walthall | ... | Bernard Latham Wayne, alias Prof. Mysto (as Henry B. Walthal) | |
| John Harron | ... | Jerry Ross | |
| Phyllis Barrington | ... | Lois Brandon | |
| Tom O'Brien | ... | Alfred Carr | |
| Joseph W. Girard | ... | Police Commissioner Brandon (as Joseph Girard) | |
| Symona Boniface | ... | Katura the Seeress | |
| Donald Kerr | ... | Museum Tour Guide | |
| Sam Flint | ... | Councilman Blair Newgate | |
| John Elliott | ... | Detective Chief Snell (as John Elliot) | |
| Steve Clemente | ... | Pedro Darro |
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International Studios - 1339 Gordon Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USAFun Stuff
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When reform-minded city councilman Newgate is gunned down while investigating dope peddling charges lodged against a seedy metropolitan side show, a key suspect's debutante daughter joins forces with a slick newspaper reporter to find the real killer.
This 1933 Poverty Row whodunit was most likely inspired by Tod Browning's FREAKS (1932), and cleverly co-opts the whodunit format to provide a mediation on urban cynicism in Depression-era America. Instead of the expected lineup of affluent ne'r-do-wells peculiar to mystery thrillers, the unusual suspects here comprise a sobering cross section of disappointed and bankrupt men, from Steve Clemente's Mexican revolutionary turned knife-thrower to Henry B. Walthall's "Professor Mysto," a sad-eyed bibliophile reduced to performing sleight-of-hand in the disreputable Sphere Museum. Several of the characters refer to grudges borne and threats perceived (whether real or imagined), and with the dead "blue-nose city councilman" etched as more of an opportunist than a philanthropist, THE MURDER IN THE MUSEUM inclines intriguingly toward social criticism - but also offers entertaining flashes of pre-Production Code pulchritude and plenty of ripe, dime novel dialogue.
Sadly, both Walthall (formerly a star of silent films) and lead John Harron (WHITE ZOMBIE) would die before the end of the decade - lending additional poignancy to this tale of financial and spiritual ruination. Three Stooges fans will get a kick out of seeing Symona Boniface cast here as "Katura the Seeress."