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While the Patient Slept

6.4

Released March 09, 1935Runtime 1h 6min

MURDER IN THE BEDROOM!

A murder happens when greedy relatives gather to await the demise of their wealthy and very ill family patriarch.

Genres

Mystery

Production Companies

First National Pictures

Warner Bros. Pictures

Production Countries

United States of America

Finances

Budget: $0
Revenue: $0
Profit/Loss: $0

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Cast

Aline MacMahonNurse Sarah Keate

Guy KibbeeDetective Lt. Lance O'Leary

Patricia EllisMarch Federie, Richard's Granddaughter

Hobart CavanaughEustace Federie

Dorothy TreeMittie Federie

Robert BarratAdolphe Federie

Helen FlintIsobel Federie - Adolphe's Wife

Lyle TalbotRoss Lonergan

Henry O'NeillElihu Dimuck

Walter WalkerRichard Federie

Allen JenkinsPolice Sgt. Jim Jackson

Eddie ShubertDetective Muldoon

Russell HicksDr. Jay

Brandon HurstGrondal - the Butler

Joseph E. Bernard'Murph' Murphy - the Ballistics Expert (uncredited)

George ChandlerEvening Bulletin Reporter (uncredited)

Nick CopelandDetective Davis aka Johnson (uncredited)

Joseph CrehanEvening Bulletin Editor (uncredited)

Bill ElliottBank Teller (uncredited)

Virginia HowellKema - the Cook (uncredited)

Milton KibbeeEvening Bulletin Archivist (uncredited)

Henry OthoFrank - Detective (uncredited)

John J. RichardsonReporter (uncredited)

Ferdinand Schumann-HeinkReporter (uncredited)

Harry SeymourPhotographer (uncredited)

Huey WhiteSarah's Taxi Driver (uncredited)

Jack WiseReporter (uncredited)

Crew

Ray EnrightDirector

Eugene SolowScreenplay

Robert N. LeeScreenplay

Mignon G. EberhartNovel

Brown HolmesAdditional Dialogue

Leo F. ForbsteinConductor

Brown HolmesAdditional Writing

Esdras HartleyArt Direction

Owen MarksEditor

Arthur EdesonDirector of Photography

Orry-KellyCostume Design

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Reviews

Guy Kibbee ("O'Leary") and Aline MacMahon ("Nurse Sarah") are clearly having some fun in this amiably entertaining big house murder mystery. The story centres around a dying old millionaire who finds his grasping family assembling to see what they are going to get! When the butler is killed, everyo...