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The Earl Carroll Vanities, a popular Broadway revue of the 1930s and '40s, is the setting for this murder mystery interspersed with an assortment of variety acts, including Duke Ellington performing "Ebony Rhapsody" and a novelty number called "Marijuana."

Victor McLaglen stars as Bill Murdock, a detective investigating a series of murders during the opening night of a new edition of the Vanities. When private detective Sadie Evans (Gail Patrick) is found murdered, Murdock must investigate between musical numbers to find the killer. When Rita Rose (Gertrude Michael) next turns up dead, Murdock concludes young ingenue Ann Ware (Kitty Carlisle) is the next person marked for death. Murdock has to find the murderer before the ending of the show or else he or she could disappear in the departing crowd of theatergoers.

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The Earl Carroll Vanities, a popular Broadway revue of the 1930s and '40s, is the setting for this murder mystery interspersed with an assortment of variety acts, including Duke Ellington performing "Ebony Rhapsody" and a novelty number called "Marijuana."

Victor McLaglen stars as Bill Murdock, a detective investigating a series of murders during the opening night of a new edition of the Vanities. When private detective Sadie Evans (Gail Patrick) is found murdered, Murdock must investigate between musical numbers to find the killer.

When Rita Rose (Gertrude Michael) next turns up dead, Murdock concludes young ingenue Ann Ware (Kitty Carlisle) is the next person marked for death. Murdock has to find the murderer before the ending of the show or else he or she could disappear in the departing crowd of theatergoers.
 
Cast
  • Carl Brisson - Eric Lander
    Victor McLaglen - Bill Murdock
    Jack Oakie - Jack Ellery
    Kitty Carlisle - Anne Ware
    Gertrude Michael - Rita Ross
    Dorothy Stickney - Norma Watson
    Gail Patrick - Sadie Evans
    Jessie Ralph - Mrs. Helen Smith
    Charles B. Middleton - Homer Boothby
    Donald Meek - Dr. Saunders
    Toby Wing - Nancy
    Gwenllian Gill - Gwen
    William Arnold - Treasurer
    Dorothy White - Dancer
    Barbara Fritchie - Vivien
    Hal Greene - Call Boy
    Ruth Hilliard  
    Wanda Perry  
    Charles McAvoy - Ben
    Anya Taranda - Earl Carroll Girls
    Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - Themselves
    Otto Hoffman - Walsh
    Stanley Blystone - Policeman
    Lona Andre - Lona
    Cecil Weston - Miss Bernstein
    Beryl Wallace - Beryl
    Ann Sheridan - Lou
    Colin Tapley - Stage Manager
    Teru Shimada  

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