Before Morning

Before Morning

A thrilling picturization of last season's outstanding mystery melodrama.

1933 · 56 min · ★ 4.6 · Crime, Mystery, Romance

A night of love, intrigue, death and blackmail leaves stage-star Elise Manning's fate at stake in a conflict with the unscrupulous Doctor Gruell. A rejected lover dies in Miss Manning's apartment, and Gurell implies that the death was murder and attempts to blackmail the actress. The climax brings the actress, her fiancé and the dead-man's wife face-to-face in an emotional denouement.

Directed by Arthur Hoerl

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