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Seven Keys to Baldpate
Seven Keys to Baldpate

Seven Keys to Baldpate

Richard Dix plays the perfect part

Genres

ComedyMysteryThriller

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A writer rents what he believes is a deserted lodge in order to complete his novel. But then six other people show up one-by-one, each for reasons of their own.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

73 mins

Rating

6.5/10

Release Date

25 December 1929

Country

United States of America

Cast

Richard Dix

Richard Dix

William Magee

Miriam Seegar

Miriam Seegar

Mary Norton

Margaret Livingston

Margaret Livingston

Myra Thornhill

Lucien Littlefield

Lucien Littlefield

Thomas Hayden

Joseph Allen Sr.

Joseph Allen Sr.

Peters

DeWitt Jennings

DeWitt Jennings

Jim Cargan

Nella Walker

Nella Walker

Irene Rhodes

Carleton Macy

Carleton Macy

Chief Kennedy

Alan Roscoe

Alan Roscoe

Bland

Crauford Kent

Crauford Kent

Hal Bentley

Harvey Clark

Harvey Clark

Elijah Quimby

Edith Yorke

Edith Yorke

Mrs. Quimby

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