Mystery in Swing
5.3
“Who killed Prince Ellis!”
In and around some great blues, swing and jazz music, a very unpopular band-leader. Prince Ellis, is killed in a Harlem nightclub, and, in and around some more great music, a detective finds the lists of suspects is very long, as Prince Ellis was indeed very unpopular with many citizens.
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Monte Hawley
Biff Boyd
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Tommie Moore
Mae Carroll
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Arthur Hoerl
Arthur Dreifuss
Rudolph Brent
Edward Thompson
Capt. Hall
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Marguerite Whitten
Linda Carroll
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King of the Zombies
William Werckenthien
Sybil Lewis
Cleo Ellis
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Josephine Edwards
Maxine Rae
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Jess Lee Brooks
John Carroll
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Buck Woods
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Arthur Dreifuss Director · Arthur Hoerl Screenplay
United States release May 9, 1940 · Produced in United States
Production
Aetna Film Corp.
Production
United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · May 9, 1940
Theatrical
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