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The Black Doll (1938)

Name: The Black Doll
Director: Otis Garrett
Genre: Mystery, Crime
Released: 1938-01-31
Duration: 66 min
Rating: 6.5
Cast: Donald Woods, Nan Grey, Edgar Kennedy, C. Henry Gordon, Doris Lloyd

HE WAS A VERY "EXCLUSIVE" DETECTIVE! The clues had to find him!

66 min · United States of America · Dir. Otis Garrett

Mystery Crime 1938 movies

Nicholas Rood, dishonest mine owner, finds a Black Doll on his desk and knows that vengeance is about to overtake him for murdering his former partner. He is knifed as he talks to his daughter Marian. She summons her fiancé Nick Halstead, a private detective. He finds that six people had a motive for the murder; Rood's sister Mrs. Laura Leland; her son Rex; Rood's associates Mallison and Walling; Esteban, a servant and Dr. Giddings. Sheriff Renick and his deputy Red get the clues all mixed up, but Nick finally narrows the search down to one suspect...