The Black Abbot 1934
The Black Abbot
A gang of crooks uses the legend of a ghost haunting an old dark mansion to help them kidnap a rich man.
A gang of crooks uses the legend of a ghost haunting an old dark mansion to help them kidnap a rich man.
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Full Cast & Crew... Frank Brooks
... Sylvia Hillcrest
... Brian Heslewood
... Lord Jerry Pilkdown
... Mary Hillcrist
... John Hillcrist
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John Stuart doesn't really have much to do in this rather routine, gently comedic, haunted house mystery. His "Brooks" character finds himself trying to identify a phantom that inhabits an old monastery and who has an habit of terrifying - or worse - the other occupants. Those range from the upper class nitwits to the loved-up servants - and he has to get a move on before there is no-one left to help discover who's up to all of this mischief and why? It's all a bit too verbal, and at just under the hour, there is still quite a fair degree of padding too. It's still watchable enough if you like an early example of a British-made thriller that uses the gloominess of the scenario and a minimum of wattage to help present the thinnest of stories in quite an eerie style.
Release Date:
Jun 10, 1934 (United Kingdom)
Run Time:
56`
MMPA Rating:
Original Language:
English
Production Countries:
United Kingdom
Status:
Released
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John Stuart doesn't really have much to do in this rather routine, gently comedic, haunted house mystery. His "Brooks" character finds himself trying to identify a phantom that inhabits an old monastery and who has an habit of terrifying - or worse - the other occupants. Those range from the upper class nitwits to the loved-up servants - and he has to get a move on before there is no-one left to help discover who's up to all of this mischief and why? It's all a bit too verbal, and at just under the hour, there is still quite a fair degree of padding too. It's still watchable enough if you like an early example of a British-made thriller that uses the gloominess of the scenario and a minimum of wattage to help present the thinnest of stories in quite an eerie style.
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The Black Abbot
Directors & Credit Writers
GAC
George A. Cooper... Director
FVM
Fred V. Merrick... Assistant Director
Cast
... Frank Brooks
... Sylvia Hillcrest
... Brian Heslewood
... Lord Jerry Pilkdown
... Mary Hillcrist
... John Hillcrist
... Alf Higgins
... Jane, the maid
... Jane, the maid
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Earl Grey... Phillips, the butler
... Charlie Marsh
... Inspector Lockwood