Moonlight Murder

"20,000 eyes looked - and no one saw!"

Mar 27 1936 Approved 1h 6m
Crime, Music, Mystery

An escaped lunatic, a mysterious swami, and various lovers all have designs on a famous opera singer.

Plot

Opera star Gino D'Acosta (Leo Carrillo), due to perform in the open air of the Hollywood Bowl, is warned by a Swami (Pedro de Cordoba)that he will die if he sings. That warning comes to pass and his death proves to be murder. Police detective Steve Farrell (Chester Morris) works backstage to sort out the clues pointing to the identity of the killer. Suspects include a primma donna, her conductor husband, an insane composer, an ambitious singer and a dancer and her husband partner.

Written by

Florence Ryerson, Edgar Allan Woolf, Albert J. Cohen

Directed by

Edwin L. Marin

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
184
Average Rating
5.9 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA