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The Night of the Party is a British film of genre Thriller directed by Michael Powell with Leslie Banks
The Night of the Party (1934)
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Add to a movie listThe Night of the Party (1935) is a British mystery thriller film directed by Michael Powell and starring Leslie Banks, Ian Hunter, Jane Baxter, Ernest Thesiger and Malcolm Keen. In the United States it was released as The Murder Party.
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Synopsis
After inviting guests to a dinner party the ruthless press baron Lord Studholme is found murdered during a party game. The investigating detectives have to work out which of the guests had the motive to murder him.Actors
Leslie Banks
(Sir John Holland)
Ian Hunter
(Guy Kennion)
Jane Baxter
(Peggy Studholme)
Ernest Thesiger
(Adrian Chiddiatt)
Viola Keats
(Joan Holland)
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