Directed by:
Sidney LanfieldCinematography:
William C. MellorComposer:
David ButtolphCast:
Bob Hope, Madeleine Carroll, Gale Sondergaard, George Zucco, Lionel Royce, Walter Kingsford, Victor Varconi, Dooley Wilson, Bing Crosby, Louis Natheaux (more)VOD (1)
Plots(1)
On a foggy, foggy night on a shadowy ship at sea, a mysterious stranger is murdered. Before he dies he passes a carved scorpion to a beautiful woman and the caper begins. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![Milton Parsons](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/556/159556182_4dd248.jpg)
Milton Parsons
USA
Best movies:
Griffin and Phoenix: A Love Story (1976) (TV movie)
Edison, the Man (1940)
White Heat (1949)
![James Millican](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/867/159867210_acbd83.gif)
James Millican
USA
Best movies:
Love Crazy (1941)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
![James Burke](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/961/159961965_a40f08.jpg)
James Burke
USA
Best movies:
It Happened One Night (1934)
The Power and the Glory (1933)
The Young Philadelphians (1959)
![Wade Boteler](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/989/159989131_188ce6.jpg)
Wade Boteler
USA
Best movies:
Love Crazy (1941)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
![William Forrest](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/330/160330148_f515a0.jpg)
William Forrest
USA
Best movies:
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
Action in the North Atlantic (1943)
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955)
![Teala Loring](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/948/159948635_a06997.jpg)
Teala Loring
USA
Best movies:
Double Indemnity (1944)
Holiday Inn (1942)
My Favorite Blonde (1942)
![Sarah Edwards](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/559/161559673_70cf0c.jpg)
Sarah Edwards
UK
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)
![Bert Moorhouse](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/217/160217477_338503.jpg)
Bert Moorhouse
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
The Great Dictator (1940)
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Jack Gardner
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
The Talk of the Town (1942)
Gentleman Jim (1942)
![Edward Hearn](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/254/160254725_f78671.jpg)
Edward Hearn
USA
Best movies:
Edison, the Man (1940)
The General (1926)
Love Crazy (1941)
![Esther Howard](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/266/160266195_53bd54.gif)
Esther Howard
USA
Best movies:
Caged (1950)
Tales of Manhattan (1942)
Born to Kill (1947)
![Tom Fadden](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/553/160553741_b6f7d7.jpg)
Tom Fadden
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)
The Big Sleep (1946)
![Edward Peil Sr.](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/589/160589573_1bd565.gif)
Edward Peil Sr.
USA
Best movies:
Love Crazy (1941)
Captains Courageous (1937)
Storm Warning (1951)
![Edgar Dearing](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/802/160802929_87d04b.jpg)
Edgar Dearing
USA
Best movies:
Edison, the Man (1940)
After the Thin Man (1936)
Scarlet Street (1945)
![Leslie Denison](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/894/160894321_e418da.gif)
Leslie Denison
UK
Best movies:
Song of Love (1947)
To Be or Not to Be (1942)
The Court Jester (1955)
![John Kelly](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/911/160911345_a2ab43.jpg)
John Kelly
USA
Best movies:
After the Thin Man (1936)
Scarface (1932)
Shadow of the Thin Man (1941)
![Charles McAvoy](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/242/161242632_e1fb85.jpg)
Charles McAvoy
USA
Best movies:
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
A Night at the Opera (1935)
Union Pacific (1939)
Matthew Boulton
UK
Best movies:
Shall We Dance? (1937)
The White Cliffs of Dover (1944)
The 39 Steps (1935)
![Jack Luden](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/033/161033706_ebd6d3.jpg)
Jack Luden
USA
Best movies:
Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
Anchors Aweigh (1945)
North West Mounted Police (1940)
Dick Rush
Australia
Best movies:
Double Indemnity (1944)
After the Thin Man (1936)
20,000 Years in Sing Sing (1932)