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While the Patient Slept (1935)

March 9, 1935 (US) Mystery • 66m

Overview

A murder happens when greedy relatives gather to await the demise of their wealthy and very ill family patriarch.

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Top Billed Cast

Aline MacMahon
Aline MacMahon

Nurse Sarah Keate

Guy Kibbee
Guy Kibbee

Detective Lt. Lance O'Leary

Patricia Ellis
Patricia Ellis

March Federie, Richard's Granddaughter

Hobart Cavanaugh
Hobart Cavanaugh

Eustace Federie

Dorothy Tree
Dorothy Tree

Mittie Federie

Robert Barrat
Robert Barrat

Adolphe Federie

Helen Flint
Helen Flint

Isobel Federie - Adolphe's Wife

Lyle Talbot
Lyle Talbot

Ross Lonergan

Henry O'Neill
Henry O'Neill

Elihu Dimuck

Walter Walker
Walter Walker

Richard Federie

Allen Jenkins
Allen Jenkins

Police Sgt. Jim Jackson

Eddie Shubert
Eddie Shubert

Detective Muldoon

Brandon Hurst
Brandon Hurst

Grondal - the Butler

Joseph E. Bernard
Joseph E. Bernard

'Murph' Murphy - the Ballistics Expert (uncredited)

George Chandler
George Chandler

Evening Bulletin Reporter (uncredited)

Nick Copeland
Nick Copeland

Detective Davis aka Johnson (uncredited)

Joseph Crehan
Joseph Crehan

Evening Bulletin Editor (uncredited)

Bill Elliott
Bill Elliott

Bank Teller (uncredited)

Virginia Howell
Virginia Howell

Kema - the Cook (uncredited)

Milton Kibbee
Milton Kibbee

Evening Bulletin Archivist (uncredited)

Henry Otho
Henry Otho

Frank - Detective (uncredited)

John J. Richardson
John J. Richardson

Reporter (uncredited)

Ferdinand Schumann-Heink
Ferdinand Schumann-Heink

Reporter (uncredited)

Harry Seymour
Harry Seymour

Photographer (uncredited)

Huey White
Huey White

Sarah's Taxi Driver (uncredited)

Jack Wise
Jack Wise

Reporter (uncredited)

Crew
Brown Holmes
Brown Holmes

Additional Dialogue

Brown Holmes
Brown Holmes

Additional Writing

Esdras Hartley
Esdras Hartley

Art Direction

Arthur Edeson
Arthur Edeson

Director of Photography

Orry-Kelly
Orry-Kelly

Costume Design



Reviews

CinemaSerf

⭐ 6/10

June 19, 2022

Guy Kibbee ("O'Leary") and Aline MacMahon ("Nurse Sarah") are clearly having some fun in this amiably entertaining big house murder mystery. The story centres around a dying old millionaire who finds his grasping family assembling to see what they are going to get! When the butler is killed, everyone starts pointing fingers, and it falls to these two to, rarely in conjunction and frequently despite themselves, get to the bottom of things. It does… read the rest.

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

Revenue

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