A Shriek in the Night - DVD

A bloodcurdling scream splits the night, sending the neighborhood's residents to their windows in terror. A gruesome scene awaits them - the lifeless body of a millionaire sprawled on the pavement. Reporter Ted Rand (Lyle Talbot) arrives to investigate the mysterious death, only to find his chief rival, Pat Morgan (Ginger Rogers), already on the scene. While the two battle to break the story, three subsequent murders follow, and the pol

Comedy! Crime! Mystery! Romance! Thrills! All in one movie! Rival newspaper reporters (Ginger Rogers and Lyle Talbot) join forces to solve a series of murders being committed in an apartment building in this early talkie from M.H. Hoffman Inc., a low budget production company known for, you guessed it, comedy, crime, mystery, romance and thrills! The screenplay, incidentally, was by Frances Hyland, the first female writer employed by Universal Studios, who went on to write such films as Girl from Avenue A, and Charlie Chan in Reno.

A wealthy man and his lovely daughter, Edith Bentley, arrive in Singapore to purchase the Tear of Buddha, a priceless ruby. When an attempt is made on their lives, investigator Jack Wilson is called in to protect the gem. He suspects that the culprit is his old enemy Johnny Fly and when Edith is kidnapped along with the jewel, their old conflict is renewed. By disguising himself as the brute, Butch Curtain, Jack is able to infiltrate th