The Patient in Room 18
Brief Synopsis
A hospitalized detective probes the murder of a fellow patient.
Cast & Crew
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Bobby Connolly
Director
Patric Knowles
Lance O'Leary
Ann Sheridan
Sarah Keate
Eric Stanley
Bentley
John Ridgely
Jim Warren
Rosella Towne
Maida Day
Film Details
Genre
Suspense/Mystery
Release Date
Jan
8,
1938
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.
Distribution Company
Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the novel The Patient in Room 18 by Mignon G. Eberhart (Garden City, NY, 1929).
Technical Specs
Duration
59m
Film Length
6 reels
Synopsis
Detective Lance O'Leary, who is suffering from a nervous disorder caused by his failure to solve his last case, is sent to the hospital to recover. Sarah Keate, Lance's girl friend, is a nurse at the hospital. Lance's neighbor in room 18 is wealthy Frank Warren, whose son Jim is in love with nurse Maida Day. Dr. Arthur Lethany, Warren's doctor, has ordered an expensive dose of radium to cure Warren's skin disorder, to the dismay of his colleague, Dr. Bolman, who would rather see the radium used to cure poor people. Bolman resents Warren because his father was ruined by a stockbroker like Warren. Warren has also alienated his son by forbidding him to see Maida and refusing him needed money. Lethany's wife Carol is in love with intern Dr. Hajek and promises to leave her husband if Hajek can find enough money to support her. Lethany himself is in love with Maida, who turns him down for Jim. That night, after a dinner party at the Lethanys', Warren is murdered and the radium stolen. At the same time, Lethany disappears. When Warren's death, which was caused by an overdose of morphine, is discovered, Lance investigates, determined to solve this case. Shortly afterward, Lethany's body is found in the closet of Warren's room. Then Higgins, the hospital janitor, tells Lance that he witnessed the murder, but before he can name the murderer, he is murdered himself. Meanwhile, Maida discovers the radium hidden in the bottom of a plant. Lance instructs her to return the plant to room 18 and then hides in a closet, hoping to discover the murderer. When that plan fails, he gathers all the suspects in the solarium, including Lethany, who is not actually dead. Lethany confesses to stealing the radium and identifies Bolman as his assailant and Warren's murderer.
Cast
Patric Knowles
Lance O'Leary
Ann Sheridan
Sarah Keate
Eric Stanley
Bentley
John Ridgely
Jim Warren
Rosella Towne
Maida Day
Jean Benedict
Carol Lathany
Charles Trowbridge
Dr. Bolman
Cliff Clark
Inspector Foley
Harlan Tucker
Dr. Arthur Lethany
Edward Raquello
Dr. Fred Hajek
Vicki Lester
Nurse
Edward Mcwade
Frank Warren
Ralph Sanford
Donahue
Frank Orth
John Higgins
Greta Meyer
Hilda
Walter Young
Coroner
Mary Doyle
Nurse
Loia Cheaney
Nurse
Ralph Dunn
Hotel clerk
Glen Cavender
Doorman
Jack Richardson
Cabby
John Harron
Orderly
Allan Conrad
Night clerk
Spec O'donnell
Elevator operator
William Hopper
Grabshot
Owen King
Day clerk
George Offerman Jr.
Newsboy
Dick Paxton
Newsboy
Julius Molnar Jr.
Newsboy
George Hickman
Newsboy
Cliff Saum
Policeman
Jack Mower
Policeman
Crew
Bryan Foy
Producer
Lou Hesse
Film Editor
Leslie G. Hewitt
Sound
John Hughes
Art Director
Joseph Santley
Contr to Screenplay const
Harry Seymour
Dialogue Director
Howard Shoup
Gowns
Eugene Solow
Screenwriter
Fred Tyler
Assistant Director
James Van Trees
Photography
Jack L. Warner
Executive Producer
Robertson White
Screenwriter
Film Details
Genre
Suspense/Mystery
Release Date
Jan
8,
1938
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.
Distribution Company
Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the novel The Patient in Room 18 by Mignon G. Eberhart (Garden City, NY, 1929).
Technical Specs
Duration
59m
Film Length
6 reels
Articles
The Patient in Room 18
A hospitalized detective probes the murder of a fellow patient.
The Patient in Room 18
A hospitalized detective probes the murder of a fellow patient.
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Notes
The character Lance O'Leary also appears in the 1938 Warner Bros. film Mystery House.
