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Miracles for Sale Directed by Tod Browning Produced by J. J. Cohn Written by Clayton Rawson
Harry Ruskin
Marion Parsonnet
James Edward GrantStarring Robert Young
Florence RiceCinematography Charles Lawton Jr. Editing by Fredrick Y. Smith Release date(s) 14 August 1939 Running time 71 minutes Country United States Language English Miracles for Sale is a 1939 mystery film directed by Tod Browning and starring Robert Young and Florence Rice. It was Browning's final film as a director. The film is based on a locked-room mystery novel by well-known mystery writer Clayton Rawson, Death from a Top Hat, which was the first to feature his series detective The Great Merlini. In this film, Merlini's character has been changed into Michael Morgan (The Amazing Morgan) as portrayed by Robert Young. Don Diavolo, another series character in Rawson's work under his pseudonym, Stuart Towne, appears here as "Dave Duvallo".
Cast
- Robert Young - Michael 'Mike' Morgan
- Florence Rice - Judy Barclay
- Frank Craven - Dad Morgan
- Henry Hull - Dave Duvallo
- Lee Bowman - Mr. Al La Claire
- Cliff Clark - Police Inspector Marty Gavigan
- Astrid Allwyn - Mrs. Zelma La Claire
- Walter Kingsford - Colonel Herbert Watrous
- Frederick Worlock - Dr. Caesar Sabbatt (Credits) / Sabbat in Film (as Frederic Worlock)
- Gloria Holden - Madame Rapport
- William Demarest - Detective Quinn
- Harold Minjir - Tauro
External links
Categories:- American films
- English-language films
- 1939 films
- Black-and-white films
- Mystery films
- Films directed by Tod Browning
- Mystery film stubs
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