Murder by the Clock
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Murder by the Clock is a murder mystery film starring William "Stage" Boyd and Lilyan Tashman
. It is based on the novel of the same name by Rufus King
and the play Dangerously Yours by Charles Beahan. After a wealthy woman dies, her heirs start to follow suit.
Lilyan Tashman
Lilyan Tashman was a Brooklyn-born Jewish American vaudeville, Broadway, and film actress. Tashman was best known for her supporting roles as tongue-in-cheek villainesses and the bitchy 'other woman'...
. It is based on the novel of the same name by Rufus King
Rufus King (writer)
Rufus King was an American author of Whodunit crime novels. He created two series of detective stories: the first one with Reginald De Puyster, a sophisticated detective similar to Philo Vance, and the second one with his more famous character, the Lieutenant Valcour.- Bibliography :* Murder De...
and the play Dangerously Yours by Charles Beahan. After a wealthy woman dies, her heirs start to follow suit.
Cast
- William "Stage" Boyd as Lt. Valcour
- Lilyan Tashman as Laura Endicott
- Irving PichelIrving PichelIrving Pichel was an American actor and film director. He married Violette Wilson, daughter of Jackson Stitt Wilson, a Methodist minister and Socialist mayor of Berkeley, California. Her sister was actress Viola Barry...
as Philip Endicott - Regis ToomeyRegis ToomeyJohn Regis Toomey was an American film and television actor.-Early life:Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, he was one of four children of Francis X. and Mary Ellen Toomey and attended Peabody High School...
as Officer Cassidy - Sally O'NeilSally O'NeilSally O'Neil was an American film actress of the 1920s. She was born as Virginia Louise Noonan, one of 11 children born to a judge in Bayonne, New Jersey. One of her sisters was actress Molly O'Day....
as Jane - Blanche FridericiBlanche FridericiBlanche Friderici , sometimes credited as Blanche Frederici, was an American film and stage actress.-Early life and education:She was born in Brooklyn, New York.-Theatre:...
as Julia Endicott - Walter McGrailWalter McGrailWalter McGrail was an American film actor. He appeared in over 150 films between 1916 and 1951.He was born in Brooklyn, New York and died in San Francisco, California, at the age of 81.-Selected filmography:...
as Herbert Endicott - Lester Vail as Thomas Hollander
- Martha MattoxMartha MattoxMartha Mattox was an American silent film actor most notable for her role of Mammy Pleasant in the 1927 film The Cat and the Canary. She also played a role in Torrent...
as Miss Roberts - Frank Sheridan as Chief of Police
- Guy OliverGuy OliverGeorge Guy Oliver was an American actor. He appeared in at least 189 silent era motion pictures and 27 talkies in character roles between 1911 and 1931. His obituary gives him credit for at least 600. He directed three movies in 1915.Born in Chicago, Illinois, Oliver began his career as a...
as Watchman - Frederick Sullivan as Medical Examiner
- Charles D. Brown as Officer O'Brien
- Lenita Lane as Nurse