Feature1935·66m·6.7

While the Patient Slept

MURDER IN THE BEDROOM!

Mystery

A murder happens when greedy relatives gather to await the demise of their wealthy and very ill family patriarch.

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Cast

Aline MacMahon

Nurse Sarah Keate

Guy Kibbee

Detective Lt. Lance O'Leary

Patricia Ellis

March Federie, Richard's Granddaughter

Hobart Cavanaugh

Eustace Federie

Dorothy Tree

Mittie Federie

Robert Barrat

Adolphe Federie

Helen Flint

Isobel Federie - Adolphe's Wife

Lyle Talbot

Ross Lonergan

Henry O'Neill

Elihu Dimuck

Walter Walker

Richard Federie

Allen Jenkins

Police Sgt. Jim Jackson

Eddie Shubert

Detective Muldoon

Russell Hicks

Dr. Jay

Brandon Hurst

Grondal - the Butler

Joseph E. Bernard

'Murph' Murphy - the Ballistics Expert (uncredited)

George Chandler

Evening Bulletin Reporter (uncredited)

Nick Copeland

Detective Davis aka Johnson (uncredited)

Joseph Crehan

Evening Bulletin Editor (uncredited)

Bill Elliott

Bank Teller (uncredited)

Virginia Howell

Kema - the Cook (uncredited)

Details

Status
Released
Original language
English
Languages
English
Budget
Revenue
Age rating
Quality
4K UHD · HDR10 · Dolby Vision
Production
First National PicturesWarner Bros. Pictures

Crew

Director

Ray Enright

Writers

Eugene Solow, Robert N. Lee, Mignon G. Eberhart

Owen Marks

Editor

Arthur Edeson

Director of Photography

Orry-Kelly

Costume Design

Gallery

Reviews

CinemaSerf

6/19/2022

6.0

Guy Kibbee ("O'Leary") and Aline MacMahon ("Nurse Sarah") are clearly having some fun in this amiably entertaining big house murder mystery. The story centres around a dying old millionaire who finds his grasping family assembling to see what they are going to get! When the butler is killed, everyone starts pointing fingers, and it falls to these two to, rarely in conjunction and frequently despite themselves, get to the bottom of things. It doesn't hang around, there is plenty of quick-witted dialogue and though the plot - there are twins involved, which is always a bit of a giveaway - is maybe not the most taxing, it does end quite quirkily and I rather enjoyed it.

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