Murder on the Second Floor

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Murder on the Second Floor

1932

1h 9m

10.0(1 votes)

Crime

Thriller

Comedy

Overview

A novelist imagines the murders of his fellow tenants...

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10 members

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John Longden

Hugh Bromilow

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Pat Paterson

Sylvia Armitage

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Amy Veness

Mrs Armitage

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Ben Field

Mr Armitage

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Florence Desmond

Lucy

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Sydney Fairbrother

Miss Snell

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Franklyn Bellamy

Joseph Reynolds

Production

Oswald Skilbeck

Jam Singh

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John Turnbull

Police Inspector

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Hal Heath

Policeman (uncredited)

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