The Case Of The Frightened Lady (1940)

There is something strange going on at Mark's Priory, the estate of the aristocratic Lebanon family. People are locked in their rooms at night while violent sounds are heard but when the family's chauffeur (John Warwick) is found murdered one night, the investigation of a Scotland Yard detective (George Merritt) will finally expose the family's dark secret. Based on the 1931 play by Edgar Wallace and directed by George King. If you're into gothic thrillers in old stately mansions with secret passageways (as I am) then you should enjoy this uncomplicated but entertaining mystery. If you've read or seen JANE EYRE, the solution to the mystery is fairly easy to figure out but it doesn't lessen the entertainment value. It's a straightforward thriller with a bit of comic relief provided by Ronald Shiner as Merritt's Sergeant assistant. With Marius Goring, Helen Haye, Penelope Dudley Ward, Felix Aylmer and Patrick Barr.