The Invisible Menace (1937)
Directed by John Farrow
Genres - Mystery |
Release Date - Jan 22, 1938 (USA - Unknown), Jan 22, 1938 (USA) |
Run Time - 54 min. |
Countries - United States |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Hans J. Wollstein
Boris Karloff starred in this rather static whodunit from the Warner Bros. B-unit as Jeffries, a civilian employee at a military outpost who is accused of killing an ordnance expert, Reilly (Harlan Tucker). The murdered man is discovered by Pvt. Eddie Pratt (Eddie Craven) and his dumbbell bride Sally (Marie Wilson), whom he has managed to smuggle into the otherwise tightly secured military camp. Suspects at first, the couple prove too stupid to have killed anyone and the finger of suspicion instead points to Jeffries, a man with a past. As Colonel Bob Rogers (Cy Kendall) of the Intelligence Department explains, Jeffries has served time for embezzling government funds, a crime he has always maintained was actually committed by Reilly, the murder victim. And Jeffries is indeed innocent, a fact that becomes clear when Sally stumbles over the real killer. Jeffries is wounded in a heroic effort to prevent the culprit from fleeing, and Eddie and Sally are finally able to enjoy their honeymoon.
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army, arrest, bayonet, bomb, bride, building, civilian, detective, embezzlement, employee, evidence, false-accusation, FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation), hidden, intelligence [gov't], investigation, investigator, killing, military, murder, office, officer, privacy, smuggling, suspect, waterfront
