While the Patient Slept

Directed by Ray Enright
1935    66m    Approved
Mystery, Comedy
6.1
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Grandfather is sick and the family and his lawyer gather around waiting for him to die. When he receives a telegram from his disinherited son, Charles, he passes out and a nurse, Sarah, comes to the house to attend to him. His other two sons, Ross and Adolphe, quarrel over an outstanding loan. Later that night, Adolphe is murdered and the police are called. Everyone is lying and has their reasons. A mysterious man is seen on the property before Grondel, the Butler, is killed. When the reporters arrive, they write wild stories as O'Leary looks for the killer with little help from Det. Jackson. Sarah has nothing but wisecracks for O'Leary but does offer some clues to the identity of the murderer.
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Cast of While the Patient Slept
  • Aline MacMahonNurse Sarah Keate
  • Guy KibbeeDetective Lt. Lance O'Leary
  • Patricia EllisMarch Federie, Richard's Granddaughter
  • Hobart CavanaughEustace Federie
  • Dorothy TreeMittie Federie
  • Robert BarratAdolphe Federie
  • Helen FlintIsobel Federie - Adolphe's Wife
  • Lyle TalbotRoss Lonergan
  • Henry O'NeillElihu Dimuck
  • Walter WalkerRichard Federie
  • Allen JenkinsPolice Sgt. Jim Jackson
  • Eddie ShubertDetective Muldoon
  • Russell HicksDr. Jay
  • Brandon HurstGrondal - the Butler
  • Joseph E. Bernard'Murph' Murphy - the Ballistics Expert (uncredited)
  • George ChandlerEvening Bulletin Reporter (uncredited)
  • Nick CopelandDetective Davis aka Johnson (uncredited)
  • Joseph CrehanEvening Bulletin Editor (uncredited)
  • Bill ElliottBank Teller (uncredited)
  • Virginia HowellKema - the Cook (uncredited)
  • Milton KibbeeEvening Bulletin Archivist (uncredited)
  • Henry OthoFrank - Detective (uncredited)
  • John J. RichardsonReporter (uncredited)
  • Ferdinand Schumann-HeinkReporter (uncredited)
  • Harry SeymourPhotographer (uncredited)
  • Huey WhiteSarah's Taxi Driver (uncredited)
  • Jack WiseReporter (uncredited)
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