"A murder happens when greedy relatives gather to await the demise of their wealthy and very ill family patriarch."
Aline MacMahon
as Nurse Sarah Keate
Guy Kibbee
as Detective Lt. Lance O'Leary
Patricia Ellis
as March Federie, Richard's Granddaughter
Hobart Cavanaugh
as Eustace Federie
Dorothy Tree
as Mittie Federie
Robert Barrat
as Adolphe Federie
Helen Flint
as Isobel Federie - Adolphe's Wife
Lyle Talbot
as Ross Lonergan
Henry O'Neill
as Elihu Dimuck
Walter Walker
as Richard Federie
Allen Jenkins
as Police Sgt. Jim Jackson
Eddie Shubert
as Detective Muldoon
Russell Hicks
as Dr. Jay
Brandon Hurst
as Grondal - the Butler
Joseph E. Bernard
as 'Murph' Murphy - the Ballistics Expert (uncredited)
George Chandler
as Evening Bulletin Reporter (uncredited)
Nick Copeland
as Detective Davis aka Johnson (uncredited)
Joseph Crehan
as Evening Bulletin Editor (uncredited)
Bill Elliott
as Bank Teller (uncredited)
Virginia Howell
as Kema - the Cook (uncredited)
Milton Kibbee
as Evening Bulletin Archivist (uncredited)
Henry Otho
as Frank - Detective (uncredited)
John J. Richardson
as Reporter (uncredited)
Ferdinand Schumann-Heink
Harry Seymour
as Photographer (uncredited)
Huey White
as Sarah's Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Jack Wise
Brown Holmes
Additional Dialogue
Leo F. Forbstein
Conductor
Ray Enright
Director
Esdras Hartley
Art Direction
Eugene Solow
Screenplay
Robert N. Lee
Additional Writing
Orry-Kelly
Costume Design
Mignon G. Eberhart
Novel
Arthur Edeson
Director of Photography
Owen Marks
Editor