Under Cover of Night

Henry Daniell whom I long ago dubbed "the Voice with the built in sneer" steals this film as a professor who commits a series of murders including that of his own wife Sara Haden to gain a promotion in the faculty of his college. He's a total fraud, cheating on his own wife and committing murder in a sick, but admittedly clever way.

Edmund Lowe is a private detective who brings him down and dimwitted police detective Nat Pendleton is there to lend a legal imprimatur to Lowe's activities.

Daniell is truly nuts if he doesn't think eventually they would get to him. As all these crimes are committed within the space of a couple days. A fatal flaw in the story of Under Cover Of Night.

Still Henry Daniell has a legion of fans including me. If you're a Henry Daniell fan this film is a must.