Mystery Liner (1934)

User Rating:

4.6/10   

Director:

William Nigh

Writers:

Wellyn Totman (writer)
Edgar Wallace (novel)

Release Date:

15 March 1934 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Mystery

Tagline:

Baffling Crimes In A Sea Of Mystery!

Plot:

Police try to solve a murder on board an ocean liner.

Plot Keywords:

Remote Control | Nervous Breakdown | Ocean Liner | Imposter | Foreign Agent

Cast

Noah Beery	...	Capt. John Holling
Astrid Allwyn	...	Lila Kane
Edwin Maxwell	...	Major Pope
Gustav von Seyffertitz	...	Inspector Von Kessling
Ralph Lewis	...	Prof. Grimson
Cornelius Keefe	...	First Officer Cliff Rogers
Zeffie Tilbury	...	Granny Plimpton
Boothe Howard	...	Capt. Downey
Howard C. Hickman	...	Dr. Howard (as Howard Hickman)
Jerry Stewart	...	Edgar Morton
George 'Gabby' Hayes	...	Joe, the watchman (as George Hayes)
George Cleveland	...	Simms the Steward
John M. Sullivan	...	Watson (as John Maurice Sullivan)

Also Known As:

The Ghost of John Holling

Runtime:

62 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:K-16 | USA:Passed (National Board of Review)

Company:

Monogram Pictures Corporation

The only mystery is how one stays awake

The mental break down of a ships captain happens about the same time a means of remotely steering ships comes into existence. The Captain is locked away and escapes just as a murder is committed.

And the audience snores.

This is one of the dullest movies I've ever seen. Its a sure cure for insomnia even for small yappie dogs on triple espresso.

This is just boring...really really boring and should I go to hell it will be a movie theater I can't leave that plays this movie for eternity.

Amazingly I find I can't give it a one out of ten because its not bad, its just dull, which somehow isn't the same thing. I don't know why, but I gave it a three, probably because its such a good sleep aid that it does serve some cosmic purpose.

Even so I wouldn't want to ever see it again.