Shadows in the Night (1944 film)

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Shadows in the Night
Directed by Eugene Forde
Written by Eric Taylor
Based on Crime Doctor
radio show 1940-1947
by Max Marcin
Produced by Rudolph C. Flothow
Starring
Cinematography James S. Brown Jr.
Edited by Dwight Caldwell
Production
company
Larry Darmour Productions
Distributed by Columbia Pictures
Release date
July 27, 1944
Running time
67 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Shadows in the Night is a 1944 American mystery film directed by Eugene Forde and starring Warner Baxter, Nina Foch and George Zucco. [1] It is part of the Crime Doctor series of films made by Columbia Pictures. It is also known by the alternative title of Crime Doctor's Rendezvous.

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{Dr. Robert Ordway has a visit from Lois Garland in the middle of the night to get advice on a dream that she’s been having. She doesn’t know whether it’s reality or a dream, but she sees an apparition, feels compelled to follow it, and winds up by the sea. Dr. Ordway wants Lois to stay in a hotel and not go back to the house and visit him later in the day. When Lois leaves, we see a mysterious figure had broken into the doctor’s house and was listening to their conversation from the dining room. Against the doctor’s advice, Lois goes back to the seaside house where she talks to Dr. Ordway in the morning by phone and he agrees to come spend the weekend at the house. When the doctor arrives at the house she introduces him to her sister and her brother-in-law. Feeling uneasy about the room that she’s been staying in she asked Dr. Ordway if they could switch rooms for the night. He agrees. In the middle of the night a mysterious gas fills the room and Dr. Ordway wakes up to see a mysterious figure by the window. He feels compelled to follow this figure, starts to sleepwalk, and awakes by the sea. Another person who is staying at the house, Doc Stacey, find Dr. Ordway laying by the water and rushes over to him. He assures Doc Stacey that he is OK and Dr. Ordway goes back to the house. When the doctor goes back to his room, he stumbles upon a body in the hallway. He rushes into Lois‘ room to wake her to make an identification on the body, but when they go back into the hallway, the body is missing. They both go back to bed. In the morning, Dr. Ordway goes to the sea to walk along the beach when he finds the mysterious body that he saw in the hallway that night. He informed the police of what he saw that night but no one believes him and chalks it up to him sleepwalking. The authorities and the members of the house are deeming the death an accident and no one wants to admit that he was murdered. Before Ordway has to appear in court, he sets out to discover the murderer.}

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  1. Erickson p.203

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