Summary
Behind That Curtain is an American film first released in 1929,
directed by Irving Cummings.
The film is based on a novel by Earl Derr Biggers and stars Warner Baxter, Lois Moran, Gilbert Emery, Claude King and Philip Strange.
Our overall rating for this film is: mediocre.
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Credits
- Director: Irving Cummings
- Script: Earl Derr Biggers (novel), Sonya Levien, George Middleton, Wilbur Morse Jr., Clarke Silvernail
- Photo: Conrad Wells, Vincent J. Farrar, Dave Ragin
- Cast: Warner Baxter (Col. John Beetham), Lois Moran (Eve Mannering Durand), Gilbert Emery (Sir Frederick Bruce), Claude King (Sir George Mannering), Philip Strange (Eric Durand), Boris Karloff (Beetham’s Manservant), Jamiel Hasson (Sahib Hana), Peter Gawthorne (British Police Inspector), John Rogers (Alf Pornick), Edgar Norton (Hilary Galt), Frank Finch Smiles (Galt’s Clerk), Mercedes De Valasco (Nuna), E.L. Park (Police Insp. Charlie Chan), Kathrin Clare Ward (Eve’s Landlady)
- Country: USA
- Language: English
- Runtime: 91 min; B&W
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