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5.2/10
557
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A mad killer is on the loose in a hotel on a dark, gloomy night.A mad killer is on the loose in a hotel on a dark, gloomy night.A mad killer is on the loose in a hotel on a dark, gloomy night.
John Cowell
- Hughes
- (as John W. Cowell)
Robert McKenzie
- Marriage License Clerk
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writer
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Did you know
- TriviaThe earliest documented telecast of this film occurred 10/21/44 on New York City's pioneer television station WNBT (Channel 1). West Coast television viewers got their first look at it 9/27/49 on KTSL (Channel 2).
- GoofsThe person unmasked as the killer was on the other side of the lobby from the sites of the first and third murders when they took place.
- Quotes
Jimmy Kelly: I am an officer, but I'm traveling incognito.
Bert: I thought you came in a bus.
- ConnectionsEdited into Who Dunit Theater: Rogue's Tavern (2021)
Featured review
Pretty decent as Poverty Row mysteries go
A honeymooning couple arrive at a tavern only to become embroiled in a series of murders involving a group of very suspicious guests. It seems as if the killings are being committed by a vicious dog.
Rogue's Tavern is yet another in the cycle of Poverty Row whodunits. There were an awful lot of these in the 30's. Like most of these films, this one involves events set exclusively in an old dark house. To be fair, this is one of the slightly better one's I have seen. Its mystery is reasonable enough; while it's climatic reveal scene was actually pretty good. For such a limited movie sub-genre you really have to make the most of any plus points. And at the very least this one more-or-less works and doesn't bog things down with much lame humour, which others seemed to do. All-in-all, not bad for this kind of thing.
Rogue's Tavern is yet another in the cycle of Poverty Row whodunits. There were an awful lot of these in the 30's. Like most of these films, this one involves events set exclusively in an old dark house. To be fair, this is one of the slightly better one's I have seen. Its mystery is reasonable enough; while it's climatic reveal scene was actually pretty good. For such a limited movie sub-genre you really have to make the most of any plus points. And at the very least this one more-or-less works and doesn't bog things down with much lame humour, which others seemed to do. All-in-all, not bad for this kind of thing.
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- May 17, 2013
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- The Mysterious Tavern
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- Runtime1 hour 10 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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