The Last Express (film)

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The Last Express
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Theatrical release poster
Directed by Otis Garrett
Screenplay by Edmund Hartmann [1]
Based onThe Last Express
by Baynard Kendrick
Produced by Irving Starr [1]
Starring
Cinematography Stanley Cortez [1]
Edited byMaurice Wright [1]
Production
companies
Crime Club Productions, Inc. [1]
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release dates
  • October 12, 1938 (1938-10-12)(New York)
  • October 28, 1938 (1938-10-28)(United States)
Running time
63 minutes
CountryUnited States [1]
LanguageEnglish

The Last Express is a 1938 American mystery film directed by Otis Garrett and written by Edmund Hartmann. It is based on the 1937 novel The Last Express by Baynard Kendrick. The film stars Kent Taylor, Dorothea Kent, Don Brodie, Paul Hurst, Addison Richards, Greta Granstedt, Robert Emmett Keane and J. Farrell MacDonald. The film was released on October 28, 1938, by Universal Pictures. [2] [1]

Contents

Plot

Cast

Production

In 1937, Universal Pictures made a deal with the Crime Club, who were publishers of whodunnits. [3] Over the next few years Universal released several mystery films in the series. [3] The Last Express was one of the entries in the series. [4]

Release

The Last Express opened in New York in the week of October 12, 1938. [1] It was released further on October 28, 1938. [1]

Reception

Archer Winsten of the New York Post found the film to be "unusually baffling". [4]

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References

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "The Last Express". Catalog.afi.com. Retrieved 2019-02-14.
  2. Erickson, Hal. "The Last Express (1938) - Otis M. Garrett". AllMovie. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  3. 1 2 Weaver, Brunas & Brunas 2007, p. 175.
  4. 1 2 Weaver, Brunas & Brunas 2007, p. 574.

Sources

  • Weaver, Tom; Brunas, Michael; Brunas, John (2007) [1990]. Universal Horrors (2 ed.). McFarland & Company. ISBN   978-0-7864-2974-5.