Before Dawn
1933 · Movie · 60 min · ★ 5.7
When a police detective, a psychic and his pretty daughter, an old caretaker and a noted Austrian doctor spend the night in a dead gangster's mansion searching for his buried fortune, who in this murderous mix is going to die Before Dawn? Gangster Joe Valerie (Frank Reicher) is dying slowly and painfully. He begs Dr. Paul Cornelius (Warner Oland) to end his suffering, telling the doctor that he will reveal the location of his millions in exchange for one lethal injection. The doctor agrees to the deal, but there are others in the house who suspect the location of the ill-gotten riches... others the doctor will have to kill before he can leave with the fortune. Based on a story by Edgar Wallace.
Also known as Death Watch
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Details
- Years
- 1933
- Release date
- 1933-08-04
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 60 min
- TMDB rating
- 5.7/10 (10 votes)
Themes
- police
- gangster
- greed
- money
- murder
- psychic
- old dark house
- ghost
- clairvoyant
- death mask
- secret room
Cast & crew
Stuart Erwin
as Dwight Wilson
Dorothy Wilson
as Patricia Merrick, also known as Mlle. Mystera
Warner Oland
as Dr. Paul Cornelius
Dudley Digges
as Horace Merrick
Gertrude Hoffmann
as Mattie (as Gertrude W. Hoffman)
Oscar Apfel
as Chief of Detectives John F. O'Hara
Frank Reicher
as Joe Valerie
Jane Darwell
as Mrs. Marble
Stanley Blystone
as Police Car Driver (uncredited)
Ed Brady
as Paddywagon Cop (uncredited)
Directed by Irving Pichel