The Caribbean Mystery
1945 film by Robert D. Webb / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the 1945 mystery film. For the 1964 Agatha Christie work, see A Caribbean Mystery.
The Caribbean Mystery is a 1945 American film noir mystery film which marked the directorial debut of Robert D. Webb. It is the third film adaptation of the 1933 novel Murder in Trinidad by John W. Vandercook to be produced by 20th Century Fox. Starring James Dunn, Sheila Ryan, and Edward Ryan. the plot finds a Brooklyn detective summoned to a Caribbean island to solve the disappearance of eight geologists who had visited an alligator-infested swamp. The lead role was rewritten especially for Dunn after his successful film comeback in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945), also produced by 20th Century Fox.
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The Caribbean Mystery | |
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Directed by | Robert D. Webb |
Written by | Scott Darling (as W. Scott Darling) (adapted by) |
Screenplay by | Jack Andrews Leonard Praskins |
Based on | Murder in Trinidad by John W. Vandercook |
Produced by | William Girard |
Starring | James Dunn Sheila Ryan Edward Ryan |
Cinematography | Clyde De Vinna |
Edited by | John W. McCafferty |
Music by | David Buttolph |
Color process | Black and white |
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Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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Running time | 65 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
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