The Patient in Room 18 (1938)

ALL 01/08/1938 (en) Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Romance 57 Min
  • Release
    01/08/1938
  • Production
    Warner Bros. Pictures
  • Rotten tomato
    51%
  • Original title
    The Patient in Room 18
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

$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!

Overview

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.

  1. Story

  2. Editor

  3. Producer



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  1. Patric Knowles

    Lance O'Leary

  2. Ann Sheridan

    Sara Keate

  3. Eric Stanley

    Bentley

  4. John Ridgely

    Jim Warren

  5. Rosella Towne

    Maida Day

  6. Jean Benedict

    Carol Lethany

  7. Charles Trowbridge

    Dr. Bahman

  8. Cliff Clark

    Inspector Foley

  9. Harland Tucker

    Dr. Arthur Lethany

  10. Edward Raquello

    Dr. Fred Harker

  11. Vickie Lester

    Nurse Taylor

  12. Edward McWade

    Frank Warren

  13. Ralph Sanford

    Detective Donahue

  14. Frank Orth

    Joe Higgins - Night Watchman

  15. Greta Meyer

    Hilda - Lethany Housekeeper

  16. Walter Young

    Coroner

  17. Glen Cavender

    Man with Sprinkler Hose (uncredited)

  18. Loia Cheaney

    Jean the Night Nurse (uncredited)

  19. Mary Doyle

    Nurse (uncredited)

  20. Ralph Dunn

    Eldar Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

  21. John Harron

    Thatcher Hospital Orderly (uncredited)

  22. George Hickman

    Newsboy #2 (uncredited)

  23. Stuart Holmes

    Man Leaving Hospital (uncredited)

  24. Carole Landis

    Woman on Stairs (uncredited)

  25. Jack Mower

    Policeman Picking Up Radium at End (uncredited)

  26. George Offerman, Jr.

    Newsboy #1 / Newsboy in Montage (uncredited)

  27. John J. Richardson

    Cabbie (uncredited)

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 27 , Crews : 2

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The Patient in Room 18 (1938) 57 Min

ALL 01/08/1938 (en)
Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Romance
  • Release 01/08/1938
  • Production
    Warner Bros. Pictures
  • Original title The Patient in Room 18
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

$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!

Overview

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.

  1. Crane Wilbur, Bobby Connolly

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Producer