The Westland Case

The Westland Case is a 1937 American mystery film directed by Christy Cabanne and starring Preston Foster, Frank Jenks, and Carol Hughes.

The Westland Case
Film poster
Directed byChristy Cabanne
Produced by
  • Irving Starr
  • Larry Fox[1]
Screenplay byRobertson White[1]
Based onHeaded for a Hearse
by Jonathan Latimer
Starring
Music byCharles Previn[1]
CinematographyIra Morgan[1]
Edited byOtis Garrett[1]
Production
company
Crime Club Productions[1]
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • October 31, 1937 (1937-10-31)
Running time
63 minutes
CountryUnited States[1]
LanguageEnglish

Cast

Production

In 1937, Universal Pictures made a deal with Crime Club who published whodunnit novels.[2] Universal were granted the right to select four of their yearly published novels to adapt into films.[2] The unit responsible for these films was producer Irving Starr.[2] Eleven films were made in the series between 1937 and 1939.[3] The Westland Case was the first in the series and was based on the Jonathan Latimer novel Headed for a Hearse.[4]

The first films in the series featured Preston Foster as Bill Crane and Frank Jenks as Doc Williams were cast as the wisecracking New York city detectives.[4] These characters would appear in two other films in the series: The Lady in the Morgue and The Last Warning.[4][5]

Release

The Westland Case was released on October 31, 1937.[4]

References

Footnotes
  1. "The Westland Case". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on March 10, 2018. Retrieved March 9, 2018.
  2. Weaver, Brunas & Brunas 2007, p. 175.
  3. "The Westland Case". American Film Institute. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  4. Weaver, Brunas & Brunas 2007, p. 176.
  5. Weaver, Brunas & Brunas 2007, p. 177.

Sources
  • Weaver, Tom; Brunas, Michael; Brunas, John (2007) [1990]. Universal Horrors (2 ed.). McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-0-7864-2974-5.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)


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