The Intruder (1933 film)

{{Short description|1933 film}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = The Intruder

| image = File:The Intruder (1933 film).jpg

| caption =

| director = Albert Ray

| producer = M.H. Hoffman
M. H. Hoffman Jr.

| writer =Frances Hyland

| starring = Monte Blue
Lila Lee
Gwen Lee

| music = Abe Meyer

| cinematography = Tom Galligan
Harry Neumann

| editing = Mildred Johnston

| studio = Allied Pictures

| distributor = Allied Pictures

| released = {{Film date|1933|03|13}}

| runtime = 66 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

}}

The Intruder is a 1933 Pre code comedy crime film directed by Albert Ray and starring Monte Blue and Lila Lee, two silent screen veterans.[http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=6615 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:The Intruder] The cast also featured Gwen Lee, Arthur Housman and Mischa Auer. Shot at the RKO-Pathé Studios in California, it was produced and distributed by the Poverty Row studio Allied Pictures.Pitts p.20 The picture survives in the Library of Congress collection.Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collections in The Library of Congress, (<-book title) p.89 c.1978 by the American Film Institute

Plot

When one of the passengers is murdered on a ship during a tropical storm, a man named Samson declares himself to be a police detective from San Francisco takes over the investigation. This is interrupted when the ship is wrecked and the passengers and crew are forced to take shelter on a seemingly deserted island. Further deaths and unexplained events take place before they are rescued by a French ship.

Cast

References

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Bibliography

  • Pitts, Michael R. Poverty Row Studios, 1929–1940. McFarland & Company, 2005.