The Drake Case (1929)

Directed by

Edward Laemmle

Genre

mystery film

Country

United States

Runtime

54 min

Rating

3.8 of 10 from 4 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 1929 mystery film following detectives investigating a suspicious death. The story involves suspects and clues in a classic whodunit format.

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What happens

The Drake Case is a 1929 American pre-Code mystery film directed by Edward Laemmle and written by J.G. Hawks, Charles Logue and Dudley Early. The film stars Gladys Brockwell, Forrest Stanley, Robert Frazer, and Doris Lloyd. The film was released on September 1, 1929, by Universal Pictures. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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