Secrets of the Night

Secrets of the Night

Secrets of the Night

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Secrets of the Night

1924

1h 4m

6.7(3 votes)

Drama

Mystery

Comedy

Overview

At a lavish house party, bank president Robert Andrews stages his own “murder” to distract a visiting bank examiner from uncovering a shortage, setting off a whodunit where nearly everyone has a motive. The investigation spirals until Andrews is found alive and admits the frame-up—after the deficit is repaid. A silent black-and-white Universal mystery-melodrama-comedy directed by Herbert Blaché; long thought lost, a print resurfaced in 2017.

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Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

James Kirkwood

James Kirkwood

Robert Andrews

Madge Bellamy

Madge Bellamy

Anne Maynard

Zasu Pitts

Zasu Pitts

Celia Stebbins

Rosemary Theby

Rosemary Theby

Margaret Knowles

Tom Wilson

Tom Wilson

Thomas Jefferson White

Tom Ricketts

Tom Ricketts

Jerry Hammond

Arthur Stuart Hull

Arthur Stuart Hull

Lester Knowles

Tom Guise

Tom Guise

Col. James Constance

Edward Cecil

Alfred Austin

Frederick Cole

Freddy Hammond

Creative team

Directed by: Herbert Blaché
Written by: Edward J. Montagne

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