
A maker of illusions for magicians protects an ingenue likely to be murdered.
Cast

Robert Young
Michael Morgan

Florence Rice
Judy Barclay

Frank Craven
Dad Morgan

Henry Hull
Dave Duvallo

Lee Bowman
La Claire

Cliff Clark
Inspector Marty Gavigan

Astrid Allwyn
Mrs. Zelma La Claire

Walter Kingsford
Colonel Watrous

Frederick Worlock
Dr. Cesar Sabbatt

Gloria Holden
Madame Rapport

William Demarest
Quinn

Harold Minjir
Tauro

Eddie Acuff
Second Taxi Driver

William Bailey
Spectator in Theatre Box
Margaret Bert
Mary W. Hotchkinson

Truman Bradley
Nightclub Master of Ceremonies
Ralph Brooks
Nightclub Patron

Chester Clute
Waiter with Sugar

John Davidson
Weird Voice (voice)
John Webb Dillion
Magic Show Audience Volunteer

Edward Earle
Ace of Spades Man

Herbert Evans
Nightclub Patron

Jack W. Johnston
Magic Show Audience Volunteer

Suzanne Kaaren
Magician's Assistant in Demo

Armand Kaliz
François
Edward Kilroy
First Attendant

Charles Lane
Fleetwood Apartments Desk Clerk

Richard Loo
Chinese Soldier in Demo
Frances MacInerney
Magician's Assistant in Magic Show

Alphonse Martell
Nightclub Headwaiter

Frank McLure
Magic Show Audience Volunteer

Claire McDowell
Jack of Diamonds Woman

Matt McHugh
'All Over Town' Bus Driver

Harold Miller
Nightclub Patron

Roger Moore
Magic Show Audience Volunteer

James C. Morton
Blackie the Electrician

Richard Neill
Magic Show Audience Volunteer
Field Norton
Mr. Hotchkinson

Manuel París
Sinister Man in Theatre Box

John Picorri
Colonel in Demo

Cyril Ring
Numbers' Man

Larry Steers
Nightclub Patron
Bert Stevens
Magic Show Audience Volunteer
Amelia Stone
Minor Role

Paul Sutton
Army Captain Robert Z. Storm

William Tannen
Spectator in Theatre Box

Phillip Terry
Magic Show Master of Ceremonies

Harry Tyler
First Taxi Driver
Monte Vandergrift
Police Officer Bergin
Harry J. Vejar
Citizen Who Speaks No English

E. Alyn Warren
Dr. Hendricks - the Coroner
Crew

Tod Browning
Director

Harry Ruskin
Screenplay
Marion Parsonnet
Screenplay

James Edward Grant
Screenplay
Clayton Rawson
Novel
Fredrick Y. Smith
Editor

Charles Lawton Jr.
Director of Photography
J.J. Cohn
Producer
Jack Dawn
Makeup Artist

Douglas Shearer
Sound Recordist
William Axt
Original Music Composer

Edwin B. Willis
Set Decoration
Jerry Bresler
Unit Manager

Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction
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