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The White Cockatoo (1935)

The White Cockatoo poster
Directed by
Alan Crosland
Genre
mystery film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 13m
Rated
NR
Rating
5.9 of 10 from 9 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman gets caught up in a web of secrets and danger at a French hotel. She must figure out who to trust as a murder investigation unfolds around her.

mysterioussuspensefulnoirishatmosphericclassicintriguingold-fashioned

What happens

The White Cockatoo is a 1935 American mystery film directed by Alan Crosland and starring Jean Muir, Ricardo Cortez and Ruth Donnelly. It was based on the 1933 novel of the same name by Mignon G. Eberhart. A print is preserved in the Library of Congress collection. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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