Fifteen Wives

"A new type of melodramatic mystery thriller with a new type of detective solving the strangest crimes in the annals of murder."

Fifteen Wives — Plot

Shortly after his arrival from South America to New York, Steven Humbolt is found dead in his apartment at the Savoia Hotel. Inspector Decker Dawes investigates the case and although the cause of death is described as apoplexy, Dawes is convinced it as murder, especially after he learns that Humbolt had been married fifteen times.

• Release date
• July 15, 1934
• Runtime
• 65 min
• Genres
• Mystery
• Director
• Frank R. Strayer

Fifteen Wives — Cast

Conway Tearle Insp. Decker Dawes Natalie Moorhead Carol Manning Raymond Hatton Det. Sgt. Meade Noel Francis Ruby Cotton John Wray Jason Getty Margaret Dumont Sybilla Crum Oscar Apfel Dist. Atty. Kerry Dickie Moore Young Boy