What strange hold did this man have over the lives of these two beautiful women ?
Set in 19th-century New York, this mystery begins when a Frenchwoman shows up at the home of one of Napoleon's former marshals. The alcoholic man is badly crippled and slowly dying, but this doesn't stop the forthright lady from pushing him to change his will to include his estranged grandson so that he can help out the struggling French Republic. Unfortunately, the dying man's conniving housekeeper and butler, already planning murder to get the money themselves, overhear her and begin plotting her demise.
Director: Fletcher Markle
Writer: Frank Fenton
Story: John Dickson Carr
Producer: Stephen Ames
Director of Photography: George J. Folsey
Dupin
Lorna Bounty
Charles Theverner
Madeline Minot
Martin, the butler
Flaherty
Mrs. Flynn, the housekeeper
Durand, the lawyer
Man with a Cloak, The Original Trailer