on their way to a country house to hear a new play be read a theatrical producer and his secretary and and the playwright end up stuck in the mud . they make their way to a nearby house and only to end up at the home of the playwright fiance . if you can not guess that murder and mayhem be about to take place then you haven not be pay attention . this be a a good entry in the old dark house genre . not only do it have a good mystery and you also have some very funny one liner wander through it . the cast be across the board excellent and theyre more than willing to have a good time with what be good material . i would love to say that this be one of the best of the genre and it should have be and but for me something happen on the way that make me down grade the rating to only seven out of ten . i can not tell you what it be and not for certain anyway . perhaps it the sense that i know where it be go almost from the outset and or perhaps it something else and i be not sure what and but there be something that i couldn not shake that make me like this film despite want to love it . it just miss be great and somehow fell short . that say i do suggest you see it . it be after all a very witty film and that entertain fully and despite just miss be great .