Jan 29, 1930
55 min
Full-HD

Murder on the Roof (1930)

This primarily two-set programmer has a has-been criminal lawyer, Anthony Sommers (William V. Mong) wrongly accused of murder and follows the efforts of his daughter, Molly Sommers (Dorothy Revier), a nightclub singer and two newspapers reporters, Ted Palmer (David Newell) and the inaptly-named Drinkwater (Raymond Hatton), posing as a drunk, to clear him.

Category

Mystery

Country

United States of America

Companies

Columbia Pictures

Dorothy Revier

Molly

Raymond Hatton

Drinkwater

Margaret Livingston

Marcia

David Newell

Ted Palmer

Paul Porcasi

Joe Carozzo

Virginia Brown Faire

Monica

William V. Mong

Anthony Sommers

Louis Natheaux

Victor

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