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Sh! The Octopus (1937)
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14 December 1937 (USA) morePlot:
Comedy-mystery finds Detectives Kelly and Dempsey trapped in a deserted lighthouse with a group of strangers... more | add synopsisUser Comments:
Saw movie as a child, want to see it again. moreCast
(Complete credited cast) | Hugh Herbert | ... | Detective Harold Kelly |
 | Allen Jenkins | ... | Detective Dempsey |
| Marcia Ralston | ... | Vesta Vernoff |
| John Eldredge | ... | Paul Morgan |
| George Rosener | ... | Capt. Hook |
| Brandon Tynan | ... | Capt. Cobb (as Brandon Tyman) |
| Eric Stanley | ... | Police Commissioner Patrick Aloysious Clancy |
| Margaret Irving | ... | Polly Crane |
| Elspeth Dudgeon | ... | Nanny |
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USA:Approved (PCA #3615)Fun Stuff
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The original play opened in New York on 21 February 1928. moreGoofs:
Crew or equipment visible: In many scenes, wires operating the octopus's tentacles can be seen. moreQuotes:
Vesta Vernoff: [after discovering the "body" of her stepfather] Poor Nannie!Detective Dempsey: Who's Nannie?
Detective Harold Kelly: Nannie's a goat! Whooooooo!
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I was a child of perhaps 5 or 6 in 1940-1941. I went to the movies for the first time with my parents and my older brother. I think it was at the Sanford Theater in Irvington, NJ. The movie we saw was "Sh. The Octopus". I have been searching for this movie for many years, to no avail(I thought the name was "Shush Goes the Octopus"), until I found it listed at TCM for playing in June 2006. I plan to view this movie again and this time I plan to remember it all. I think the only scene that I remember is a scene where a couch in a living room is opened ( the cushions are removed)and access is obtained to a lower level in the building. The next time I see it, I will verify my pubescent memories!