The Mystery of Edwin Drood

1935

The Mystery of Edwin Drood

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An opium-addicted choirmaster of a cathedral puts himself in a difficult situation after he falls in love with his nephew's fiancee. His love turns to madness and one Christmas Eve, he murders his rival and stuffs the corpse into a pit of quicklime that is located beneath the cathedral crypt. Any one after that who falls in love with the girl suffers a similar fate. The story is based on the final, unfinished novel of Charles Dickens.

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Claude Rains
as John Jasper
Douglass Montgomery
as Neville Landless
Heather Angel
as Rosa Bud
David Manners
as Edwin Drood
Valerie Hobson
as Helena Landless
Francis L. Sullivan
as Rev. Mr. Septimus Crisparkle
Walter Kingsford
as Hiram Grewigious
E.E. Clive
as Thomas Sapsea
Veda Buckland
as Tope
Forrester Harvey
as Durdles
Louise Carter
as Mrs. Crisparkle
Ethel Griffies
as Miss Twinkleton
George Ernest
as Deputy
Zeffie Tilbury
as Opium Den Hag
J.M. Kerrigan
as Chief Verger Tope
Elsa Buchanan
as Mrs. Tisher
Harry Cording
D'Arcy Corrigan
as Opium Addict
Anne O'Neal
as Crisparkle Maid
Will Geer
as Villager
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