
Rich old Cyrus West's relatives are waiting for him to die so they can inherit. But he stipulates that his will be read 20 years after his death. On the appointed day his expectant heirs arrive at his brooding mansion. The will is read and it turns out that Annabelle West, the only heir with his name left, inherits, if she is deemed sane. If she isn't, the money and some diamonds go to someone else, whose name is in a sealed envelope. Before he can reveal the identity of her successor to Annabelle, Mr. Crosby, the lawyer, disappears. The first in a series of mysterious events, some of which point to Annabelle in fact being unstable.
Cast

Laura La Plante
Annabelle West

Creighton Hale
Paul Jones

Forrest Stanley
Charles Wilder

Tully Marshall
Roger Crosby

Gertrude Astor
Cecily

Flora Finch
Susan

Arthur Edmund Carewe
Harry

Martha Mattox
Mammy Pleasant

George Siegmann
The Guard

Lucien Littlefield
Ira Lazar
Hal Craig
Policeman (uncredited)

Billy Engle
Taxi Driver (uncredited)

Joe Murphy
Milkman (uncredited)
Crew

Paul Leni
Director
Walter Anthony
Writer
Robert F. Hill
Screenplay
Alfred A. Cohn
Screenplay
Martin G. Cohn
Editor
Gilbert Warrenton
Director of Photography
Paul Kohner
Producer

Hugo Riesenfeld
Original Music Composer
Edward J. Montagne
Story Supervisor

Carl Laemmle
Presenter
Lloyd Nosler
Supervising Editor
John Willard
Theatre Play
Charles D. Hall
Art Direction
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