A crashed plane that had a shrunken head aboard is the only clue to a mystery involving a secret code.A crashed plane that had a shrunken head aboard is the only clue to a mystery involving a secret code.A crashed plane that had a shrunken head aboard is the only clue to a mystery involving a secret code.
Bud Averill
- Museum Guard
- (uncredited)
Edward Earle
- E.R. Willard
- (uncredited)
John Elliott
- John the Butler
- (uncredited)
Fred Godoy
- Mendoza
- (uncredited)
Richard Hale
- Curator Raymond Halliday
- (uncredited)
Coulter Irwin
- Frank
- (uncredited)
Thomas E. Jackson
- Detective Captain Quinn
- (uncredited)
Frank Martin
- Narrator
- (uncredited)
Frank Mayo
- Gordon R. Mitchell
- (uncredited)
Mary Newton
- Karger's Nurse
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaSecond of the three 'I Love a Mystery' thrillers released by Columbia PIctures, based on the popular radio series of the same name that aired on the NBC radio network from 1939 to 1944.
- ConnectionsFollowed by The Unknown (1946)
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Another case for Packard and Long.
This is the second film to be based on the popular American radio programme 'I Love A Mystery', and I reckon it's an improvement over the first, the plot easier to follow, with stars Jim Bannon and Barton Yarborough having settled into their roles as private detectives Jack Packard and Doc Long.
This time around, Jack and Doc are hired by Louise Mitchell (Mona Barrie) who believes that her life is in danger from her stepdaughter Janet (Anita Louise), who thinks that her father was murdered by his wife while on safari, her suspicion fuelled by love letters between Louise and her dad's associate, Prof. Arthur Logan (Frank Wilcox). As the pair of private eyes investigate, they encounter Janet's somewhat shady love interest Rex Kennedy (Michael Duane), a killer with a deadly blowpipe, a crooked hypnotist, a savage black panther, an animal loving taxidermist, and a shrunken head containing a secret code.
Director Henry Levin maintains a snappy pace, Bannon and Yarborough make for a great pairing, and the plot is just the right amount of bonkers with being TOO preposterous.
This time around, Jack and Doc are hired by Louise Mitchell (Mona Barrie) who believes that her life is in danger from her stepdaughter Janet (Anita Louise), who thinks that her father was murdered by his wife while on safari, her suspicion fuelled by love letters between Louise and her dad's associate, Prof. Arthur Logan (Frank Wilcox). As the pair of private eyes investigate, they encounter Janet's somewhat shady love interest Rex Kennedy (Michael Duane), a killer with a deadly blowpipe, a crooked hypnotist, a savage black panther, an animal loving taxidermist, and a shrunken head containing a secret code.
Director Henry Levin maintains a snappy pace, Bannon and Yarborough make for a great pairing, and the plot is just the right amount of bonkers with being TOO preposterous.
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- BA_Harrison
- May 1, 2023
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- Runtime1 hour 5 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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