Murder on the Second Floor

For the play by Frank Vosper, see Murder on the Second Floor (play).

Murder on the Second Floor
Directed by	William C. McGann
Written by	Roland Pertwee Challis Sanderson
Based on	play by Frank Vosper
Produced by	Irving Asher
Starring	Pat Paterson John Longden Sydney Fairbrother
Cinematography	Willard Van Enger
Production company	Warner Brothers-First National Productions
Distributed by	Warner Brothers (UK)
Release date	January 1932 (1932-01)(UK)
Running time	68 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Murder on the Second Floor is a 1932 British thriller film directed by William C. McGann and starring Pat Paterson, John Longden and Sydney Fairbrother. ^[1] The screenplay concerns a novelist who imagines the murders of his fellow boarding-house tenants. ^[2] It was based on a play of the same name by Frank Vosper. ^[3] Warner Brothers later remade it in Hollywood as Shadows on the Stairs (1941).

Cast

• John Longden as Hugh Bromilow
• Pat Paterson as Sylvia Armitage
• Sydney Fairbrother as Miss Snell
• Ben Field as Mr. Armitage
• Florence Desmond as Lucy
• Franklyn Bellamy as Joseph Reynolds
• John Turnbull as Inspector

References

1. "Murder on the Second Floor". 1 January 1932 – via IMDb.
2. "Murder on the Second Floor (1932)". Archived from the original on 15 January 2009.
3. "Murder on the Second Floor (1932) - William McGann - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie".

External links

• Murder on the Second Floor at IMDb