Vincent Price
Dr. Malcolm Wells
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Synopsis
A mystery novelist rents a country house connected to a banker with a concealed fortune. The property attracts people with incompatible interests and knowledge. As danger closes in, the writer finds herself inside a puzzle more immediate than those she invents.
Cast
DirectorsCrane Wilbur
Inspirations
The material comes through Mary Roberts Rinehart's The Circular Staircase and the stage play The Bat. This version continues a screen history that already included a prominent silent adaptation.
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Work catalogued as public domain in the United States.
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Availability checked on September 10, 2026.
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- Vincent Price — NBC Television · Public domain
- Agnes Moorehead — RKO Pictures · Public domain
- Darla Hood — Film screenshot (Allied Artists) · Public domain
- Gavin Gordon — unknown (Billy Rose Theatre Collection) · Public domain
