Film

The Patient in Room 18

1938 · 57m · Comedy · Crime · Mystery

$100,000 worth of radium vanishes...three men are mysteriously killed...a corpse comes back from the dead...and it's only the beginning folks, only the beginning!

IMDb

5.9

Choreographer Bob Connolly and prolific screenwriter Crane Wilbur teamed up on the direction of Warner Bros.' The Patient in Room 18. Patric Knowles delivers a delightfully comic performance as Lance, an outwardly normal young man obsessed with detective stories. When his obsession threatens to lapse over into lunacy, Lance is sent to the hospital for a nice long rest. It isn't long before he gets mixed up in a genuine murder mystery, using his second-hand knowhow to solve the case. Up-and-coming Ann Sheridan is quite amusing as Lance's nurse and confidante, while the murderer is played by a fellow who is usually cast as the murder victim.

Patric Knowles

Lance O'Leary

Ann Sheridan

Sara Keate

Eric Stanley

Bentley

John Ridgely

Jim Warren

Rosella Towne

Maida Day

Jean Benedict

Carol Lethany

Charles Trowbridge

Dr. Bahman

Cliff Clark

Inspector Foley

Harland Tucker

Dr. Arthur Lethany

Edward Raquello

Dr. Fred Harker

Vickie Lester

Nurse Taylor

Edward McWade

Frank Warren

Ralph Sanford

Detective Donahue

Frank Orth

Joe Higgins - Night Watchman

Greta Meyer

Hilda - Lethany Housekeeper

Walter Young

Coroner

• Bobby ConnollyDirector
• Crane WilburDirector

Release date

January 8, 1938

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

57m

Genres

Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Romance

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