The Unknown (1946 film)
The Unknown | |
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Directed by | Henry Levin |
Written by | Carlton E. Morse Charles O'Neal Dwight V. Babcock |
Produced by | Wallace MacDonald |
Starring | Karen Morley Jim Bannon Jeff Donnell |
Narrated by | Frank Martin |
Cinematography | Henry Freulich |
Edited by | Art Seid (as Arthur Seid) |
Music by | Alexander Steinert (uncredited) |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release date | 4 July 1946 (US) |
Running time | 70 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
The Unknown is a 1946 mystery film directed by Henry Levin made by Columbia Pictures as the third and final part of its I Love a Mystery series based on the popular radio program.[1] The previous films were I Love a Mystery (1945) and The Devil's Mask (1946).[2]
Plot
Relatives arrive for the reading of a will at a creepy mansion. Is someone is trying to murder amnesiac Nina Arnold (Jeff Donnell) to claim a share of her grandmother's legacy? Could that someone be her emotionally unstable mother Rachel Martin (Karen Morley)? Investigators Jack Packard (Jim Bannon) and Doc Long (Barton Yarborough) are put on the case.
Cast
- Rachel Martin Arnold - Karen Morley
- Jack Packard - Jim Bannon
- Nina Arnold - Jeff Donnell
- Reed Cawthorne - Mark Roberts
- Richard Arnold - Robert Wilcox
- Doc Long - Barton Yarborough
- Edward Martin - James Bell
- Ralph Martin - Wilton Graff
- Phoebe Martin - Helen Freeman
- Joshua - J. Louis Johnson
Critical reception
TV Guide gave the film two out of five stars, describing the film as "filled with all the things that are guaranteed to make audiences jump out of their seats, such as hidden passageways, a hooded grave robber, eerie shadows, and mysterious killings." [3]
External links
- The Unknown at IMDb
References
- ^ "The Unknown". BFI.
- ^ "The "I Love A Mystery" Movie Page". angelfire.com.
- ^ "The Unknown". TVGuide.com.