The Patient in Room 18 (1938)
57m
Running Time
January 8, 1938Release Date
The Patient in Room 18 (1938)
57m
Running Time
January 8, 1938Release Date
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Plot.
Choreographer Bob Connolly and prolific screenwriter Crane Wilbur teamed up on the direction of Warner Bros.' The Patient in Room 18. Patric Knowles delivers a delightfully comic performance as Lance, an outwardly normal young man obsessed with detective stories. When his obsession threatens to lapse over into lunacy, Lance is sent to the hospital for a nice long rest. It isn't long before he gets mixed up in a genuine murder mystery, using his second-hand knowhow to solve the case. Up-and-coming Ann Sheridan is quite amusing as Lance's nurse and confidante, while the murderer is played by a fellow who is usually cast as the murder victim.
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Cast & Crew.

Patric Knowles
Lance O'Leary

Ann Sheridan
Sara Keate

Eric Stanley
Bentley

John Ridgely
Jim Warren

Rosella Towne
Maida Day

Jean Benedict
Carol Lethany

Charles Trowbridge
Dr. Bahman

Cliff Clark
Inspector Foley

Harland Tucker
Dr. Arthur Lethany

Edward Raquello
Dr. Fred Harker

Vickie Lester
Nurse Taylor

Edward McWade
Frank Warren

Ralph Sanford
Detective Donahue

Frank Orth
Joe Higgins - Night Watchman

Eugene Solow
Writer

Robertson White
Writer

Greta Meyer
Hilda - Lethany Housekeeper

Mignon G. Eberhart
Writer

Walter Young
Coroner

Glen Cavender
Man with Sprinkler Hose (uncredited)

James Van Trees
Cinematographer

Loia Cheaney
Jean the Night Nurse (uncredited)

Louis Hesse
Editor

Mary Doyle
Nurse (uncredited)

Ralph Dunn
Eldar Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

John Harron
Thatcher Hospital Orderly (uncredited)

George Hickman
Newsboy #2 (uncredited)

Stuart Holmes
Man Leaving Hospital (uncredited)

Carole Landis
Woman on Stairs (uncredited)

Jack Mower
Policeman Picking Up Radium at End (uncredited)

George Offerman, Jr.
Newsboy #1 / Newsboy in Montage (uncredited)

John J. Richardson
Cabbie (uncredited)
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Details.
Release DateJanuary 8, 1938
StatusReleased
Running Time57m
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Wiki.
The Patient in Room 18 is a 1938 American mystery romantic comedy film directed by Bobby Connolly and Crane Wilbur. It stars Patric Knowles and Ann Sheridan. The screenplay written by Eugene Solow and Robertson White was based on a 1929 novel of the same name by author Mignon G. Eberhart.
In the film, a private detective is hospitalized after suffering a nervous breakdown. In the hospital, a wealthy patient and the head doctor are both murdered, and valuable medicinal radium is stolen. The detective has to solve the murder mystery.
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