The Black Doll
HE WAS A VERY "EXCLUSIVE" DETECTIVE! The clues had to find him!
1938 · 1h 6m · Approved
Crime, Mystery
Directed by
Otis Garrett
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The Black Doll
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 and cast
- Otis Garrett Director
- Donald Woods as Nick Halstead
- Nan Grey as Marian Rood
- Edgar Kennedy as Sheriff Renick
- C. Henry Gordon as Nelson Rood
- Doris Lloyd as Laura Leland
- John Wray as Walling
- Addison Richards as A.H. Mallison
- Holmes Herbert as Dr. Giddings
- William Lundigan as Rex Leland
- Fred Malatesta as Esteban, the butler
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