Mystery ·Romance ·Comedy · United States of America · 1934 · 1h 3m

Murder in the Private Car

Murder in the Private Car poster
Director
Harry Beaumont
Cast
Charles Ruggles as Godfrey D. Scott Una Merkel as Georgia Latham Mary Carlisle as Ruth Raymond Russell Hardie as John Blake Porter Hall as Alden Murray Willard Robertson as Hanks
Crew
Leonard Smith — Director of Photography William S. Gray — Editor Edgar Allan Woolf — Screenplay Ralph Spence — Screenplay Al Boasberg — Screenplay Lucien Hubbard — Producer
Synopsis

Ruth Raymond works on the telephone switchboard of a large NYC office building. One day, a private detective informs her that she is actually the daughter of railroad tycoon Luke Carson, and that she had been kidnapped as a baby 14 years ago by Luke's vindictive brother Elwood, and placed with strangers.

Mood & Themes
policetelegramtycoonrailroadpre-coderunaway trainchild kidnappingfather daughter reuniontrain wrecktelephone switchboard operator
Key Collaborators
Harry Beaumont Director Leonard Smith Director of Photography William S. Gray Editor Edgar Allan Woolf Screenplay Ralph Spence Screenplay Al Boasberg Screenplay Lucien Hubbard Producer
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