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THE LITTLE PICTURE HOUSE
1945 · Mystery / Thriller · USA · English · Black and white · Approximately 70 minutes
About the film
Recently released from prison, Leo Grainger invites former associates to his remote island home. They believe a fortune is hidden somewhere on the property, but their host has reasons of his own for bringing them together. As fog closes in, old grievances and secret passages set the stage for a dangerous reunion.
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Cast
George Zucco — Leo Grainger
Lionel Atwill — Alec Ritchfield
Jerome Cowan — John Kavanaugh
Sharon Douglas — Gail
Veda Ann Borg — Sylvia Jordan
John Whitney — Jeff Kingsley
Jacqueline de Wit — Emiline Bronson
Ian Keith — Dr. Lake
George Lloyd — Allerton
Production credits
Director and associate producer: Terry Morse
Executive producer: Leon Fromkess
Screenplay: Pierre Gendron
Based on the play Angel Island by Bernadine Angus
Photography: Ira Morgan
Editors: George McGuire and Carl Pierson
Art direction: Paul Palmentola
Music: Karl Hajos
Production: PRC Pictures, Inc.
Distribution: Producers Releasing Corp.
Release: 12 February 1945
Behind the scenes
The film adapts Bernadine Angus’s play Angel Island. George Zucco’s character is spelled Grainer in the credits, though he is called Grainger in the film, according to the AFI Catalog.
The isolated mansion makes the island a perfect setting for a battle of suspicion: nobody can be certain who knows where the money is, or what their host has planned.
Reference: AFI Catalog.
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