While the Patient Slept
| While the Patient Slept | |
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| Directed by | Ray Enright |
| Produced by | Harry Joe Brown (uncredited) |
| Written by |
Robert N. Lee Eugene Solow Brown Holmes (add. dialogue) |
| Based on | the novel While the Patient Slept by Mignon G. Eberhart |
| Starring |
Aline MacMahon Guy Kibbee |
| Music by | Bernhard Kaun (uncredited) |
| Cinematography | Arthur Edeson |
| Edited by | Owen Marks |
| Distributed by | First National Pictures |
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65-67 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
While the Patient Slept is a 1935 comedy murder mystery film starring Aline MacMahon as a nurse/crime sleuth and Guy Kibbee as her boyfriend and police detective. It is based on the novel of the same name by Mignon G. Eberhart. Nurse Sarah Keate is the protagonist of several Eberhart books; two others were made into films as well: Mystery House and The Patient in Room 18, both released in 1938, though MacMahon was replaced by Ann Sheridan.
The New York Times reviewer was unimpressed: "Mr. Kibbie and Miss MacMahon finally break the case ... but the solution is not altogether satisfactory. Neither, for that matter, is the picture. Come right down to it, it's quite unsatisfactory."
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