Mystery in Swing (1940)
1h 16m
Running Time
May 9, 1940Release Date
Plot.
In and around some great blues, swing and jazz music, a very unpopular band-leader. Prince Ellis, is killed in a Harlem nightclub, and, in and around some more great music, a detective finds the lists of suspects is very long, as Prince Ellis was indeed very unpopular with many citizens.
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Cast & Crew.
Monte Hawley
Biff Boyd
Marguerite Whitten
Linda Carroll
Tommie Moore
Mae Carroll
Edward Thompson
Capt. Hall
Buck Woods
Buck Bedford
Jess Lee Brooks
John Carroll
Josephine Edwards
Maxine Rae
Sybil Lewis
Cleo Ellis
Robert Webb
Prince Ellis
Alfred Grant
Chet Wallace
Halley Harding
Editor Bailey
Arthur Dreifuss
Director
Arthur Hoerl
Writer
Tom Southern
Sgt. Phipps
William Werckenthien
Writer
Leonard Christmas
Lawyer Jones
F.E. Miller
Writer
Charles Andrews
Turnkey
Earle Morris
Reporter Wayburn
John Lester Johnson
'Champ', Nightclub Owner
Mack Stengler
Cinematographer
Robert O. Crandall
Editor
CeePee Johnson
Bandleader / Singer / Songs
Lucille Battle
Nightclub Patron
Louise Franklin
Nightclub Patron
Rudolph Brent
Associate Producer
Details.
Release DateMay 9, 1940
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 16m
Genres
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Wiki.
Mystery in Swing is an American murder mystery film released in 1940. It was directed by Arthur Dreifuss, based on a script by Arthur Hoerl. (The University of California at Berkeley erroneously states it was directed by Arthur Hoerl.)Mystery in Swing features music by The Four Toppers and Cee Pee Johnson and his Orchestra and was noted as being the first time a Black orchestra recorded an entire score for a film. It is currently held in the collections of the National Museum of African American History and Culture.