Release Date
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Original Release
January 31, 1938
1h 6m
The Black Doll (1938)
⭐ 5.366 min
Overview
Nicholas Rood, dishonest mine owner, finds a Black Doll on his desk and knows that vengeance is about to overtake him for murdering his former partner. He is knifed as he talks to his daughter Marian. She summons her fiancé Nick Halstead, a private detective. He finds that six people had a motive for the murder; Rood's sister Mrs. Laura Leland; her son Rex; Rood's associates Mallison and Walling; Esteban, a servant and Dr. Giddings. Sheriff Renick and his deputy Red get the clues all mixed up, but Nick finally narrows the search down to one suspect...
Director
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Otis Garrett
Department: Directing
⭐Popularity: 0.1
Cast
Donald Woods
Nick Halstead
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Nan Grey
Marian Rood
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Edgar Kennedy
Sheriff Renick
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C. Henry Gordon
Nelson Rood
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Doris Lloyd
Laura Leland
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John Wray
Walling
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Addison Richards
A.H. Mallison
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Holmes Herbert
Dr. Giddings
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William Lundigan
Rex Leland
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Fred Malatesta
Esteban, the butler
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Genres
MysteryCrime
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