jasper whyte call all of his associate and friend ( few in number ) to his house ( on a night with plenty of rain and thunder and and lightning ) to give away all of his estate before an inheritance tax would lessen the amount . one million dollar be to be give to relative tom dean and maid elvira and dr. denham and lawyer felix and and another relative and laura proctor ( and her husband arthur ) . when felix arrives at the mansion and he bring a woman who claim to be doris waverly and whyte long lose granddaughter . see his only true heir and whyte decides to give all of his money to her and which obviously tick off all the others . thing however become more complicated when another woman come to the mansion claim to be doris waverly ( arrive with her vaudeville partner and the great lavelle a magician ) . whyte ask the two woman to confront each other and but the first doris be find murdered in her room . whyte and dean send for the police in order to find out who the first woman be and who have her kill and and doris ( the second and real one ) must be able to survive until midnight when she get her inheritance . very good old dark house type mystery and with a lot of similarity to the cat and the canary and with the young woman inherit everything while all other member be shut out . grapewin ( a whyte ) and ford ( a lavelle ) play their role to the hilt which help the movie and the rest of the cast give adequate performance . cabanne direction and the rest of the production crew be able to maintain the mystery and suspense quite well and but it nothing to go ape over . rating and 7 .