people strand in a country house during a storm discover that the home be the sight of an unsolved murder year before . during a dinner discussion of the incident and the light go out and and when they come back on and they discover that one of the guest have be kill . fear for their life and the guest attempt to find out the secret behind the death before others can occur and accord to the dvd sleeve synopsis . there be a couple of clever twist in this murder at the old dark house story and with the play within a play be it most interesting feature . however and the direction be rather ordinary and which serve to highlight a certain cheapness of production . like most movie of this type and there be ( or and should be ) an ensemble of intrigue character . herein and only old time broadway producer richard carle ( a herman wood ) and his fey secretary johnny arthur ( a homer erskine ) maintain interest . the ghost walk ( 12/1/34 ) frank r. strayer ~ richard carle and johnny arthur and john miljan .