Mystery Liner
Mystery Liner is a 1934 American PreCode film directed by William Nigh, based on an Edgar Wallace story originally seen in a 1924 edition of the Saturday Evening Post, by Edgar Wallace. The film was entered as a feature attraction at the 1934 International Exhibition of Cinematographic Art in Venice, Italy, the forerunner of the Venice Film Festival.
Professor Grimson Lewis has devised a system for controlling the ship from a landbased laboratory. However, as Grimson demonstrates the system, a rival group is listening in, hoping to use the device for its own purposes.Leonard Maltin called the film an intriguing but slowpaced Bpicture while Allmovie called it a rather nifty little science fictionthrillermurder mystery from Poverty Row company Monogram ... Typical lowbudget fare, Mystery Liner is nevertheless well photographed by Archie Stout and for the most part capably acted and TV Guide noted a fine example of a wellmade thriller created on the programmer assembly line...Veteran director William Nigh does a typically professional job with the few resources at his disposal and cinematographer Archie Stout who would eventually win an Oscar for his work on John Fords The Quiet Man, 1952 contributes some exceptional camerawork. ........
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