The Patient in Room 18 (1938)

Name: The Patient in Room 18
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Romance
Released: 1938-01-08
Duration: 57 min
Rating: 4.5

$100,000 worth of radium vanishes...three men are mysteriously killed...a corpse comes back from the dead...and it's only the beginning folks, only the beginning!

TMDb 4.51/8/1938•0h 57m

ComedyCrimeMysteryRomance

IMDb

Original Title

The Patient in Room 18

Status

Released

Production Companies

Warner Bros. Pictures

Original Language

Budget

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Choreographer Bob Connolly and prolific screenwriter Crane Wilbur teamed up on the direction of Warner Bros.' The Patient in Room 18. Patric Knowles delivers a delightfully comic performance as Lance, an outwardly normal young man obsessed with detective stories. When his obsession threatens to lapse over into lunacy, Lance is sent to the hospital for a nice long rest. It isn't long before he gets mixed up in a genuine murder mystery, using his second-hand knowhow to solve the case. Up-and-coming Ann Sheridan is quite amusing as Lance's nurse and confidante, while the murderer is played by a fellow who is usually cast as the murder victim.