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
Cinematography	Henry Freulich
Edited by	Art Seid ; (as Arthur Seid)
Production; company	Columbia Pictures
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	July 4, 1946;
Running time	71 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The Unknown is a 1946 American 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.[1] The previous films were I Love a Mystery (1945) and The Devil's Mask (1946).[2]

It was a loose adaptation of the I Love a Mystery radio episode Faith, Hope, and Charity, Sisters,[3] which was remade in a later version of the radio series, in '49, as The Thing That Cries in the Night, starring Russell Thorson, Jim Boles, and Tony Randall as the private detectives, and Mercedes MacCambridge as the stewardess and Cherry (Charity).

It was known as The Coffin.[4]

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 it 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."[5]

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References

"The Unknown". BFI. Archived from the original on 2012-07-11.
"The "I Love A Mystery" Movie Page". angelfire.com.
Second Feature: the Best of the 'B' Films, John Cocchi, 1991, Citadel Press/Carol Publishing Group
"NEWS OF THE SCREEN". New York Times. Mar 9, 1946. ProQuest 107495162.
"The Unknown". TVGuide.com.

External links

The Unknown on IMDb

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[1] "The Unknown". BFI. Archived from the original on 2012-07-11.

[2] "The "I Love A Mystery" Movie Page". angelfire.com.

[3] Second Feature: the Best of the 'B' Films, John Cocchi, 1991, Citadel Press/Carol Publishing Group

[4] "NEWS OF THE SCREEN". New York Times. Mar 9, 1946. ProQuest 107495162.

[5] "The Unknown". TVGuide.com.