The Last Warning
Cast & Crew
Al Rogell
Preston Foster
Frank Jenks
Joyce Compton
Kay Linaker
E. E. Clive
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Private detective Bill Crane and his assistant, Doc Williams, are invited to the Essex mansion by John Essex to investigate a rash of threatening notes he has received. Among the other guests are Paul Gomez, a fortune hunter after John's sister Linda, aspiring actress, Dawn Day, Carla Rodriguez, and Tony Henderson, a polo player engaged to Linda. John owes money to gambler Steve Felson, and his uncle, Major Barclay, refuses to advance him the money to pay off his debts. When Felson is murdered and Linda is kidnapped, Carla suggests that Gomez might have committed the crimes. Gomez, who is trying to start a revolution in his homeland, accuses Carla of having arranged his brother's death. After Dawn learns that she has been promised a screen test for the coveted role of Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind , Carla, having discovered that someone has been going through her room, asks Crane for protection. Before she can tell him why she needs it, however, she is killed. When John decides to pay the ransom for his kidnapped sister, Crane and Doc hide out to see who picks up the money. They do not see anyone, but later, they find Linda and release her. Crane reveals that Barclay was cashiered from the army for cowardice in action, and Higgs, the butler, blackmailed him for his job. John and Linda faked the kidnapping attempt in order to get the money from Barclay that John owed to Felson. John killed Felson and Carla, who was Felson's secret boss.
Director
Al Rogell
Cast
Preston Foster
Frank Jenks
Joyce Compton
Kay Linaker
E. E. Clive
Frances Robinson
Ray Parker
Robert Paige
Albert Dekker
Roland Drew
Clem Wilenchick
Orville Caldwell
Richard Lane
Crew
Bernard B. Brown
Charles H. Clarke
Edmund L. Hartmann
Ben Hirsh
Phil Karlstein
George Meehan
Jack Otterson
Charles Previn
Robert Pritchard
Irving Starr
Vera West
Maurice Wright
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
What were you doing the night those shots were fired at Essex?- Doc Williams
I was busy reloading the gun.- Dawn Day
Trivia
Notes
A working title for this film was The Dead Don't Care. This was the last "Crime Club" film featuring Preston Foster as "Bill Crane." Modern sources add Henry Brandon to the cast. For more information on the "Crime Club" and "Bill Crane" series, consult Series Index and for The Westland Case.
