The Last Express | |
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Directed by | Otis Garrett |
Screenplay by | Edmund Hartmann [1] |
Based on | The Last Express by Baynard Kendrick |
Produced by | Irving Starr [1] |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Stanley Cortez [1] |
Edited by | Maurice Wright [1] |
Production companies | Crime Club Productions, Inc.
[1] |
Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
Release dates |
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Running time | 63 minutes |
Country | United States [1] |
Language | English |
The Last Express is a 1938 American mystery film directed by Otis Garrett and written by Edmund Hartmann. It is based on the 1937 novel The Last Express by Baynard Kendrick. The film stars Kent Taylor, Dorothea Kent, Don Brodie, Paul Hurst, Addison Richards, Greta Granstedt, Robert Emmett Keane and J. Farrell MacDonald. The film was released on October 28, 1938, by Universal Pictures. [2] [1]
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plot summary. (February 2019) |
In 1937, Universal Pictures made a deal with the Crime Club, who were publishers of whodunnits. [3] Over the next few years Universal released several mystery films in the series. [3] The Last Express was one of the entries in the series. [4]
The Last Express opened in New York in the week of October 12, 1938. [1] It was released further on October 28, 1938. [1]
Archer Winsten of the New York Post found the film to be "unusually baffling". [4]
The Last Express | |
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![]() Theatrical release poster | |
Directed by | Otis Garrett |
Screenplay by | Edmund Hartmann [1] |
Based on | The Last Express by Baynard Kendrick |
Produced by | Irving Starr [1] |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Stanley Cortez [1] |
Edited by | Maurice Wright [1] |
Production companies | Crime Club Productions, Inc.
[1] |
Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
Release dates |
|
Running time | 63 minutes |
Country | United States [1] |
Language | English |
The Last Express is a 1938 American mystery film directed by Otis Garrett and written by Edmund Hartmann. It is based on the 1937 novel The Last Express by Baynard Kendrick. The film stars Kent Taylor, Dorothea Kent, Don Brodie, Paul Hurst, Addison Richards, Greta Granstedt, Robert Emmett Keane and J. Farrell MacDonald. The film was released on October 28, 1938, by Universal Pictures. [2] [1]
![]() | This article needs a
plot summary. (February 2019) |
In 1937, Universal Pictures made a deal with the Crime Club, who were publishers of whodunnits. [3] Over the next few years Universal released several mystery films in the series. [3] The Last Express was one of the entries in the series. [4]
The Last Express opened in New York in the week of October 12, 1938. [1] It was released further on October 28, 1938. [1]
Archer Winsten of the New York Post found the film to be "unusually baffling". [4]