The Unknown (1946 film)

The Unknown
Directed by	Henry Levin
Produced by	Wallace MacDonald
Written by	Carlton E. Morse Charles O'Neal Dwight V. Babcock
Based on	radio play Faith, Hope and Charity Sisters by Malcolm Stuart Boylan and Julian Harmon
Starring	Karen Morley Jim Bannon Jeff Donnell
Narrated by	Frank Martin
Music by	Alexander Steinert (uncredited)
Cinematography	Henry Freulich
Edited by	Art Seid (as Arthur Seid)
Production company	Columbia Pictures
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release dates	4 July 1946 (US)
Running time	70 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The Unknown is a 1946 mystery film directed by Henry Levin made by Columbia Pictures as the third and final part of its I Love a Mystery series based on the popular radio program. The previous films were I Love a Mystery (1945) and The Devil's Mask (1946).

Plot

Relatives arrive for the reading of a will at a creepy mansion. Is someone is trying to murder amnesiac Nina Arnold (Jeff Donnell) to claim a share of her grandmother's legacy? Could that someone be her emotionally unstable mother Rachel Martin (Karen Morley)? Investigators Jack Packard (Jim Bannon) and Doc Long (Barton Yarborough) are put on the case.

Cast

• Rachel Martin Arnold - Karen Morley
• Jack Packard - Jim Bannon
• Nina Arnold - Jeff Donnell
• Reed Cawthorne - Mark Roberts
• Richard Arnold - Robert Wilcox
• Doc Long - Barton Yarborough
• Edward Martin - James Bell
• Ralph Martin - Wilton Graff
• Phoebe Martin - Helen Freeman
• Joshua - J. Louis Johnson

Critical reception

TV Guide gave the film two out of five stars, describing the film as "filled with all the things that are guaranteed to make audiences jump out of their seats, such as hidden passageways, a hooded grave robber, eerie shadows, and mysterious killings."

External links

• The Unknown at IMDb