The Hidden Hand

IMDb link: 0034850
IMDb rating: 6.1 (805 votes)
Genres: Comedy, Sci-Fi, Horror, Mystery, Romance
Director: Benjamin Stoloff
Cast: Craig Stevens, Julie Bishop, Elisabeth Fraser, Willie Best and others

Release date: 7 Nov 1942
Release year: 1942
Runtime: 63 minutes
Country: United States
Keywords: psychotronic film, secret passageway, portrait with real eyes, revolving wall, raven, reference to edgar allan poe, injection, faked death, male police officer, police

Plot:

Peter Thorne (Craig Stevens) is a young attorney who works for an eccentric old woman, Lorinda Channing (Cecil Cunningham), who uses her insane brother, John Channing (Milton Parsons), to frighten her other relatives because they are after her money. Further complications arrive when another murderer arrives on the scene and plants the blame on John Channing.

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