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Tomorrow at Seven (1933)

1933 · Feature film · 62 min · dir. Ray Enright

The ace of spades reveals your death!

  • Crime
  • Drama

Synopsis

Tomorrow at Seven is a 1933 American pre-Code mystery comedy film directed by Ray Enright and written by Ralph Spence. The plot sees a group of people gathered in an old mansion being menaced by a killer known as "The Black Ace".

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Details

Director
Ray Enright
Writer
Ralph Spence
Composer
David Broekman
Cinematography
Charles Schoenbaum
Studio
Jefferson Pictures Corporation
Released
1933-06-01
Running time
62 minutes

Cast & crew

Reviews on the Internet Archive

★★★ · WARNING! FIRST PARAGRAPH SPOILER! · picfixer · 2011-11-25

I watched this old dark house whodunit twice. The first time was for lazy enjoyment; the second was to see if the audience could uncover the killer with the clues at hand. Well, they could, even though there are plot holes related and unrelated to solving the mystery. One was inserted for dramatic effect and to provide misdirection. Two more important ones involve a physical impossibility, and a character's action which is seriously inconsistent with the plot. The writers sidestepped these and other issues by killing of the guilty person before how the murders were committed could be…

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