Shadows on the Stairs explained

Shadows on the Stairs
Director:	D. Ross Lederman
Producer:	William Jacobs (associate producer) Bryan Foy (producer)^[1] (uncredited)
Screenplay:	Anthony Coldeway
Starring:	Frieda Inescort Paul Cavanagh Heather Angel
Music:	Bernhard Kaun
Cinematography:	Allen G. Siegler
Editing:	Thomas Pratt
Studio:	Warner Bros.
Distributor:	Warner Bros.
Runtime:	64 minutes
Country:	United States
Language:	English

Shadows on the Stairs is a 1941 American mystery film directed by D. Ross Lederman and starring Frieda Inescort, Paul Cavanagh and Heather Angel.^{[2] [3]} It is based on Frank Vosper's play Murder on the Second Floor. The British subsidiary of Warner Brothers had previously produced a film adaptation of the work in 1932.^[4]

Plot

Residents of a London boarding house come under suspicion during a string of murders.

Cast

• Frieda Inescort as Mrs. Stella Rosabelle Armitage
• Paul Cavanagh as Joseph "Joe" Reynolds
• Heather Angel as Sylvia Armitage
• Bruce Lester as Hugh Bromilow
• Miles Mander as Tom Armitage
• Lumsden Hare as Inspector Gregg
• Turhan Bey as Ram Singh
• Charles Irwin as Constable
• Phyllis Barry as Lucy Timson, the Maid
• Mary Field as Phoebe Martia St. John Snell
• Paul Renay as Choong Thi, Hindu Sailor
• Sidney Bracey as Watchman (scenes deleted)

Soundtrack

• Charles Irwin - "Comin' Thro' the Rye" (Music Traditional, words by Robert Burns)

Bibliography

• Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

Notes and References

1. Web site: AFI|Catalog. catalog.afi.com.
2. Web site: Shadows on the Stairs (1941). https://web.archive.org/web/20190702090924/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b76a384b4. dead. July 2, 2019. BFI.
3. Web site: Shadows on the Stairs (1941) - D. Ross Lederman, David Ross Lederman | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie. AllMovie.
4. Goble p.484