The film is based on a play by A. A. Milne and it does show, the main action including the murder being confined to one large room. It is also quite talky like a stage play. The murder occurs after half an hour and we see who are the culprits, the remainder of the movie being how their guilt is established. The film is too long, its 98 minute run time could have been done in 80 minutes. The solving of the mystery is interesting and the last scene between the murdered man's niece and one of the murderers is quite tense but entertaining. The acting varies and some of it betrays the age of the movie but I enjoyed gruff C. Aubrey Smith as Uncle Arthur and charming Dorothy Boyd as his nice niece Mollie who investigates the crime.
An uncredited Jack Hawkins in his first film appears as a servant. A small start to a splendid film career.
An uncredited Jack Hawkins in his first film appears as a servant. A small start to a splendid film career.