While the Patient Slept

While the Patient Slept
Directed by	Ray Enright
Produced by	Harry Joe Brown (uncredited)
Written by	Robert N. Lee Eugene Solow Brown Holmes (add. dialogue)
Based on	the novel While the Patient Slept by Mignon G. Eberhart
Starring	Aline MacMahon Guy Kibbee
Music by	Bernhard Kaun (uncredited)
Cinematography	Arthur Edeson
Edited by	Owen Marks
Distributed by	First National Pictures
Release dates	March 2, 1935 (1935-03-02)
Running time	65-67 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

While the Patient Slept is a 1935 comedy murder mystery film starring Aline MacMahon as a nurse/crime sleuth and Guy Kibbee as her boyfriend and police detective. It is based on the novel of the same name by Mignon G. Eberhart. Nurse Sarah Keate is the protagonist of several Eberhart books; two others were made into films as well: Mystery House and The Patient in Room 18, both released in 1938, though MacMahon was replaced by Ann Sheridan.

Cast

Aline MacMahon as Nurse Sarah Keate
Guy Kibbee as Detective Lt. Lance O'Leary
Lyle Talbot as Ross Lonergan
Patricia Ellis as March Federie
Allen Jenkins as Police Sgt. Jim Jackson
Robert Barrat as Adolphe Federie
Hobart Cavanaugh as Eustace Federie
Dorothy Tree as Mittie Federie
Henry O'Neill as Elihu Dimuck
Russell Hicks as Dr. Jay
Helen Flint as Isobel Federie
Brandon Hurst as Grondal
Eddie Shubert as Detective Muldoon
Walter Walker as Richard Federie

Reception

The New York Times reviewer was unimpressed: "Mr. Kibbie and Miss MacMahon finally break the case ... but the solution is not altogether satisfactory. Neither, for that matter, is the picture. Come right down to it, it's quite unsatisfactory."^[1]

References

↑ L S. N. (March 2, 1935). "While the Patient Slept (1935)". The New York Times.

External links

While the Patient Slept at the Internet Movie Database
While the Patient Slept at the TCM Movie Database
While the Patient Slept at AllMovie

Films directed by Ray Enright

Tracked by the Police (1927)
Jaws of Steel (1927)
The Girl from Chicago (1927)
Land of the Silver Fox (1928)
The Little Wildcat (1928)
Domestic Troubles (1928)
Skin Deep (1929)
Song of the West (1930)
Golden Dawn (1930)
Dancing Sweeties (1930)
Scarlet Pages (1930)
Play Girl (1932)
The Tenderfoot (1932)
Blondie Johnson (1933)
Tomorrow at Seven (1933)
The Silk Express (1933)
Havana Widows (1933)
I've Got Your Number (1934)
Twenty Million Sweethearts (1934)
The Circus Clown (1934)
Dames (1934)
The St. Louis Kid (1934)
While the Patient Slept (1935)
Traveling Saleslady (1935)
Alibi Ike (1935)
We're in the Money (1935)
Miss Pacific Fleet (1935)
Snowed Under (1935)
Earthworm Tractors (1936)
China Clipper (1936)
Sing Me a Love Song (1937)
Ready, Willing, and Able (1937)
Slim (1937)
The Singing Marine (1937)
Back in Circulation (1937)
Swing Your Lady (1938)
Gold Diggers in Paris (1938)
Hard to Get (1938)
Going Places (1938)
The Angels Wash Their Faces (1939)
On Your Toes (1939)
Brother Rat and a Baby (1940)
Teddy, the Rough Rider (1940)
An Angel from Texas (1940)
River's End (1940)
The Wagons Roll at Night (1941)
Thieves Fall Out (1941)
Bad Men of Missouri (1941)
Law of the Tropics (1941)
Wild Bill Hickok Rides (1942)
The Spoilers (1942)
Men of Texas (1942)
Sin Town (1942)
The Iron Major (1943)
Gung Ho! (1943)
China Sky (1945)
Man Alive (1945)
Trail Street (1947)
Albuquerque (1948)
Coroner Creek (1948)
Return of the Bad Men (1948)
South of St. Louis (1949)
Montana (1950)
Kansas Raiders (1950)
Flaming Feather (1952)
The Man from Cairo (1953)

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