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Who Killed John Savage? (1937)

Who Killed John Savage? poster
Directed by
Maurice Elvey
Genre
silent film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 09m
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A businessman is found dead under suspicious circumstances. A detective investigates the case, following clues through a web of motives and secrets.

mysterioussuspensefulbriskold-fashionedcerebralintriguingmurky

What happens

Who Killed John Savage? is a lost 1937 British mystery film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Nicholas Hannen, Barry MacKay, Kathleen Kelly, Henry Oscar and Edward Chapman. It was written by Basil Dillon based on the 1930 novel Rynox by Philip MacDonald. It is a remake of the 1932 Michael Powell-directed film Rynox. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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