The Last Warning
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The Last Warning | |
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Directed by | Paul Leni |
Written by | Play Author: Thomas F. Fallon Story Author: Wadsworth Camp Screenwriters: Alfred A. Cohn J.G. Hawks Robert F. Hill Tom Reed |
Music by | Joseph Cherniavsky |
Cinematography | Hal Mohr |
Editing by | Robert Carlisle |
Release date(s) | January 6, 1929 |
Country | USA |
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The Last Warning is a 1929 mystery film directed by Paul Leni. It is a companion piece to Universal Pictures 1927 production of The Cat and the Canary.
[edit] Synopsis
Five years after a theater was closed following a murder of one of its actors during a performance, a producer decides to solve the mystery by again staging the play with the remainding cast. During the repeat performance another murder occurs. Eventually it is discovered that the murders were part a ploy devised by the stage manager to sabotage the production.
[edit] External links
- The Last Warning at the Internet Movie Database
- The Last Warning review at the New York Times