Murder on the Roof

  • Genre: Mystery
  • Run time: 55 min
  • Premiere: 1930. January 29.

This primarily two-set programmer has a has-been criminal lawyer, Anthony Sommers (William V. Mong) wrongly accused of murder and follows the efforts of his daughter, Molly Sommers (Dorothy Revier), a nightclub singer and two newspapers reporters, Ted Palmer (David Newell) and the inaptly-named Drinkwater (Raymond Hatton), posing as a drunk, to clear him.

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Art

Harrison Wiley

Art Direction

Crew

Joseph Walker

Cinematography

Directing

David Selman

Assistant Director

Editing

Production

Harry Cohn

Producer

Sound

John P. Livadary

Sound Engineer

Writing

F. Hugh Herbert

Screenplay

F. Hugh Herbert

Adaptation

Art

Harrison Wiley

Art Direction

Crew

Joseph Walker

Cinematography

Directing

David Selman

Assistant Director

Editing

Production

Harry Cohn

Producer

Sound

John P. Livadary

Sound Engineer

Writing

F. Hugh Herbert

Screenplay

F. Hugh Herbert

Adaptation