Tangled Destinies
About Tangled Destinies
An airliner makes a night emergency landing in the desert, and the passengers and crew take shelter in an empty house. People are murdered. One passenger is a detective who had been guarding Harvey Forbes, the man carrying a bag of diamonds, and the diamonds are missing. Captain Randy Gordon (Gene Morgan), co-pilot Tommy Preston (Glenn Tryon), stewardess Ruth (Vera Reynolds), and the rest of the stranded party are the suspects the detective has to sort.
Cast & crew
More about Tangled Destinies
Frank R. Strayer directed from a story and adaptation by Edward T. Lowe Jr. Ralph M. Like and George W. Weeks produced. In the United Kingdom it was called Who Killed Harvey Forbes?
Themes
Making
It is a pre-Code murder mystery built as a closed set: one grounded plane, one deserted house, and a missing bag of diamonds.
Look
Jules Cronjager photographed the night landing and the scenes inside the deserted house.
Music
Lee Zahler composed the music.
Preservation
A print is on the Internet Archive.
Notes
- The British title is Who Killed Harvey Forbes?
- Jules Cronjager photographed it and Byron Robinson edited.
- Lee Zahler is credited with the music.
- William P. Burt plays Harvey Forbes. Sidney Bracey plays McGinnis, posing as Professor Marmont.
- Other passengers include prizefighter Buchanan (Syd Saylor), Prudence Daggott (Ethel Wales), and a parson, Dr. Wingate (Henry Hall).
- A print is on the Internet Archive.
Scenes
- The airliner comes down at night in the desert and the party moves into an empty house.
- The detective who was guarding Harvey Forbes finds the diamonds gone.
Also available
- Internet Archive (Tangled_Destinies_1932)
