The Hidden Hand (1942)
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Directors
Benjamin Stoloff
Cast
Cecil Cunningham, Craig Stevens, Elisabeth Fraser, Frank Wilcox, Julie Bishop, Kam Tong, Ruth Ford, Willie Best
The story
John Channing is an escapee from an insane asylum. John's sister Lorinda hides him and has him dress up as a butler. She uses his lethal talents to dispose of her relatives, who all aspire to be heirs to her fortune, in order to allow her fortune to pass out of the family, afflicted by insanity, into the hands of her secretary, Mary Winfield and her fiancé Peter Thorne.
Genres
horror film, mystery film, science fiction film
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