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When Roger Balfour is found shot dead in his London home, his death is declared a suicide by Inspector Burke of Scotland Yard, even though the executor of Balfour's estate, Sir James Hamlin, insists his friend never would have taken his own life. Five years later, the abandoned Balfour house comes to life again with the arrival of two sinister-looking tenants: a fiendish-looking man with pointed teeth, bulging eyes and a tall beaver hat, and a pale young woman in a long gown. The presence of the strangers prompts Sir James, who lives next door, to call in Inspector Burke again. Also living in the Hamlin household are the other people who were also present in Balfour's house the night he died: Sir James' nephew, Arthur Hibbs; the late Balfour's now-grown daughter, Lucille; and Williams, the butler. Burke expresses skepticism about Sir James' suspicions that the new neighbors might have been involved in Balfour's death...

Lon Chaney in a great Scotland Yard Mystery

Genres: Drama, Horror

Starring: Lon Chaney, Marceline Day, Henry B. Walthall

Released: December 17, 1927

Runtime: 69.0

Popularity Rating: 0.377

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

United States of America

Professor Edward C. Burke Lon Chaney
Lucille Balfour Marceline Day
Sir James Hamlin Henry B. Walthall
Williams, Balfour's Butler Percy Williams
Arthur Hibbs Conrad Nagel
Miss Smithson, the New Maid Polly Moran

Directing — Director: Tod Browning
Writing — Story: Tod Browning
Writing — Writer: Waldemar Young