Murder on the Second Floor

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Murder on the Second Floor
Directed by William C. McGann
Written by
Based onplay by Frank Vosper
Produced by Irving Asher
Starring
CinematographyWillard Van Enger
Production
company
Distributed by Warner Brothers (UK)
Release date
  • January 1932 (1932-01)(UK)
Running time
68 minutes
CountryUnited 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).

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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".