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Strangers of the Evening (1932)

Strangers of the Evening poster
Directed by
H. Bruce Humberstone
Genre
comedy film, mystery film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 10m
Rated
NR
Rating
5.1 of 10 from 13 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A detective investigates a murder involving a corpse that keeps disappearing. The story follows a group of strangers who become suspects in the case.

lightheartedmysteriousfast-pacedplayfulwhimsicalsuspensefulcomedic

What happens

Strangers of the Evening (reissued as The Hidden Corpse) is a 1932 American pre-Code mystery film produced by Samuel Bischoff for Tiffany Pictures, directed by H. Bruce Humberstone, and starring ZaSu Pitts, Lucien Littlefield and Eugene Pallette. Based on Tiffany Thayer's novel The Illustrious Corpse, the screenplay was adapted by Stuart Anthony and Warren Duff. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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