What to expect
George M. Cohan stars in the first surviving screen version of his play, a durable mystery-comedy premise repeatedly remade across later decades.
How to ease in
Count entrances rather than clues at first. The pleasure comes from watching a promised empty space acquire one visitor, motive, and possible deception after another.
Heads-up
A quick, non-exhaustive note Includes threats, criminal intrigue, firearms, deception, and stage-derived plotting.
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Solitude is funniest when everyone has been promised it separately. I like how each new key changes the inn from a retreat into a machine for producing suspicion.
— Momo
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