The Greene Murder Case (1929)

Directed by

Frank Tuttle

Genre

crime film, mystery film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 09m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 13 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A detective investigates a series of murders in a wealthy family. He must uncover the killer before more victims are claimed.

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What happens

The Greene Murder Case is a 1929 American pre-Code mystery film directed by Frank Tuttle and stars William Powell in his second Philo Vance outing, Florence Eldridge, and Jean Arthur. It is produced and released on August 11, 1929, by Paramount Pictures and based on the novel The Greene Murder Case, by S.S. Van Dine (Willard Huntington Wright). The novel had been published a year before this film was made. In 1937, the film was remade as Night of Mystery. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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