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While the Patient Slept (1935)

A murder happens when greedy relatives gather to await the demise of their wealthy and very ill family patriarch.

Mystery

While the Patient Slept

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as Nurse Sarah Keate

as Detective Lt. Lance O'Leary

as March Federie, Richard's Granddaughter

Hobart Cavanaugh

Hobart Cavanaugh

as Eustace Federie

as Mittie Federie

as Adolphe Federie

as Isobel Federie - Adolphe's Wife

as Ross Lonergan

as Elihu Dimuck

as Richard Federie

as Police Sgt. Jim Jackson

as Detective Muldoon

as Grondal - the Butler

Joseph E. Bernard

Joseph E. Bernard

as 'Murph' Murphy - the Ballistics Expert (uncredited)

George Chandler

George Chandler

as Evening Bulletin Reporter (uncredited)

as Detective Davis aka Johnson (uncredited)

as Evening Bulletin Editor (uncredited)

as Bank Teller (uncredited)

Virginia Howell

Virginia Howell

as Kema - the Cook (uncredited)

as Evening Bulletin Archivist (uncredited)

as Frank - Detective (uncredited)

John J. Richardson

John J. Richardson

as Reporter (uncredited)

Ferdinand Schumann-Heink

Ferdinand Schumann-Heink

as Reporter (uncredited)

as Photographer (uncredited)

as Sarah's Taxi Driver (uncredited)

as Reporter (uncredited)

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Additional Dialogue

Leo F. Forbstein

Leo F. Forbstein

Mignon G. Eberhart

Mignon G. Eberhart

Additional Writing

Director of Photography

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