Shadows on the Stairs
| Shadows on the Stairs | |
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 Film poster | |
| Directed by | D. Ross Lederman |
| Screenplay by | Anthony Coldeway |
| Based on | Murder on the Second Floor 1929 play by Frank Vosper |
| Produced by | William Jacobs (associate producer) Bryan Foy (producer)[1] (uncredited) |
| Starring | Frieda Inescort Paul Cavanagh Heather Angel |
| Cinematography | Allen G. Siegler |
| Edited by | Thomas Pratt |
| Music by | Bernhard Kaun |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
Release date |
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Running time | 64 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Shadows on the Stairs is a 1941 American mystery film directed by D. Ross Lederman and starring Frieda Inescort, Paul Cavanagh and Heather Angel.[2][3] It is based on Frank Vosper's play Murder on the Second Floor. The British subsidiary of Warner Brothers had previously produced a film adaptation of the work in 1932.[4]
Plot
[edit]Residents of a London boarding house come under suspicion during a string of murders.
Cast
[edit]- Frieda Inescort as Mrs. Stella Rosabelle Armitage
- Paul Cavanagh as Joseph "Joe" Reynolds
- Heather Angel as Sylvia Armitage
- Bruce Lester as Hugh Bromilow
- Miles Mander as Tom Armitage
- Lumsden Hare as Inspector Gregg
- Turhan Bey as Ram Singh
- Charles Irwin as Constable
- Phyllis Barry as Lucy Timson, the Maid
- Mary Field as Phoebe Martia St. John Snell
- Paul Renay as Choong Thi, Hindu Sailor
- Sidney Bracey as Watchman (scenes deleted)
Soundtrack
[edit]- Charles Irwin - "Comin' Thro' the Rye" (Music Traditional, words by Robert Burns)
References
[edit]- ^ "AFI|Catalog". catalog.afi.com.
- ^ "Shadows on the Stairs (1941)". BFI. Archived from the original on July 2, 2019.
- ^ "Shadows on the Stairs (1941) - D. Ross Lederman, David Ross Lederman | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie". AllMovie.
- ^ Goble p.484
Bibliography
[edit]- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
External links
[edit]- Shadows on the Stairs at IMDb
- Shadows on the Stairs at the TCM Movie Database
- Shadows on the Stairs at AllMovie
- Shadows on the Stairs at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
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- Films set in London
- 1941 mystery films
- 1940s American films
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