The Strange Mr. Gregory (1945)

User Rating:

5.4/10   

Director:

Phil Rosen

Writers:

Charles Belden (writer)
Myles Connolly (story)

Release Date:

12 January 1946 (USA)

Genre:

Mystery

Tagline:

WIZARD of EVIL! GENIUS of CRIME! LOVE THIEF! (original print ad - mostly caps)

Plot:

Famed magician Mr. Gregory is visited back stage one night by an amateur magician and his wife. Immediately smitten with Ellen Randall...

Plot Keywords:

Magician | Suspended Animation | Murder | Magic

Cast

Edmund Lowe	...	Mr. Gregory / Lane Talbot
Jean Rogers	...	Ellen Randall
Donald Douglas	...	John Randall (as Don Douglas)
Marjorie Hoshelle	...	Sheila Edwards
Jonathan Hale	...	Defense Attorney Blair
Frank Reicher	...	Riker, the Butler
Robert Emmett Keane	...	District Attorney
Frank Mayo	...	Inspector Hoskins
Fred Kelsey	...	Detective Lefert (as Fred A. Kelsey)
Anita Turner	...	Maid
Jack Norton	...	Drunk (scenes deleted)
Tom Leffingwell	...	Judge
Brooks Benedict	...	Milkman (scenes deleted)

Also Known As:

The Great Mystic (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

63 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

Monogram Pictures Corporation

Well mounted B picture

Not being especially engrossing -- and Lowe's lack of screen presence -- keep this film from joining the list of snappy, fun B movies of the time. But it's an okay time, and at least some of the characters act like they have a brain in their head. Rogers turns in a pleasant performance in a movie that isn't very long, which helps.