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{{short description|1933 film by Phil Rosen, Wilfred Lucas}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = The Sphinx

| image = File: 1933 The Sphinx poster.jpg▼

| image_size =

▲| image = File:1933 The Sphinx poster.jpg

| caption = Film poster

| director = [[Phil Rosen]]<br>[[Wilfred Lucas]]{{factcitation needed|date=November 2011}} (uncredited)

| producer = [[Albert S. Rogell]] (producer)

| writer = [[Albert DeMond]] (writer)

| narrator =

| starring = [[Lionel Atwill]]<br>[[Sheila Terry (actor)|Sheila Terry]]<br>[[Theodore Newton (actor)|Theodore Newton]]

| starring = See below

| music = ▼

| cinematography = [[Gilbert Warrenton]]

| editing = [[Doane Harrison]]

| studio = [[Trem Carr Pictures]]

| distributor = [[Monogram Pictures]]

| released = 1 June{{Film date|1933|06|01}}

| runtime = 64 minutes

| country = [[USA]]United States

| language = English

| budget =

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'''''The Sphinx''''' is a 1933 American film directed by [[Phil Rosen]].

'''''The Sphinx''''' is a 1933 American [[pre-Code]] [[mystery film|mystery drama film]] directed by [[Phil Rosen]]. The film was remade by Rosen[[William Beaudine]] as ''[[Phantom Killer (1942 film)|Phantom Killer]]'' in 1942.<ref>"[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0024605/movieconnections Movie connections for The Sphinx]", IMDb. Retrieved 12 November 2011.</ref>

== Cast Plot==

A man comes out of the office of "Garfield Investment Company". He meets the janitor in the stairs and asks him for a match, and then what time it is. "It's nine" the Italian-American janitor Luigi Bacciagalupi answers and wants to know from which apartment he came out. The man leaves without answering. Shortly after, the janitor finds a dead man in the office of "Garfield Investment Company". Newspaperman Burton from the ''Chronicle'' is there to talk with the inspector. Before he can see him he talks with the watching police officer, and after a while, realizes that the Garfield Investment Company just that morning went bankrupt. "Another broker went down the flush". The janitor recognizes on the police records the man who came out of the office, Mr. Breen. During the trial he sticks to what he has seen and what he has heard, though two different doctors testify that Mr. Breen is deaf and mute since birth.

*[[Lionel Atwill]] as Jerome Breen▼

*[[Sheila Terry (actor)|Sheila Terry]] as Jerry Crane▼

*[[Theodore Newton (actor)|Theodore Newton]] as Jack Burton▼

*[[Paul Hurst (actor)|Paul Hurst]] as Detective Terrence Aloysius Hogan▼

*[[Luis Alberni]] as Luigi Baccigalupi▼

*[[Robert Ellis (actor)|Robert Ellis]] as Inspector James Riley▼

*[[Lucien Prival]] as Jenks, the Butler▼

*[[Lillian Leighton]] as Mother Werner▼

*[[Paul Fix]] as Dave Werner▼

Young chronicle newspaperman Jerry Crane, in love with his good-looking girl colleague, has a feeling that Breen is a strange guy and tries to convince her not to go for interview to his house. Meantime a young broker tells him he has a hint, if he gets enough money for it. Breen comes to see the young broker before at half past eight the Burton comes to his house. A second time Mr. Breen asks for the time after seeing his victim. The puzzling case has the parallel love story of the two newspaper-people of the ''Chronicle''. While Burton, who wants to marry Crane, is skeptical about Breen, Crane is fascinated, and dedicates him a series of articles. When Inspector Riley thinks he saw Breen hearing the playing of the piano when they are in his house, the next morning a third dead man is on the list.

== References ==▼

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==Cast==

== External links ==▼

▲* [[Lionel Atwill]] as Jerome Breen

*{{imdb title|id=0024605|title=The Sphinx}}▼

▲* [[Sheila Terry (actor)|Sheila Terry]] as Jerry Crane

*{{Internet Archive film|id=TheSphinx1933|name=The Sphinx}}▼

▲* [[Theodore Newton (actor)|Theodore Newton]] as Jack Burton

▲* [[Paul Hurst (actor)|Paul Hurst]] as Detective Terrence Aloysius Hogan

▲* [[Luis Alberni]] as Luigi Baccigalupi

▲* [[Robert Ellis (actor, born 1892)|Robert Ellis]] as Inspector James Riley

▲* [[Lucien Prival]] as Jenks, the Butler

▲* [[Lillian Leighton]] as Mother Werner

▲* [[Paul Fix]] as Dave Werner

* [[George 'Gabby' Hayes]] as Det. Casey

▲== References ==

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▲== External links ==

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▲* {{imdbIMDb title|id=0024605|title=The Sphinx}}

* {{allMovie title|46061|Synopsis}}

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* {{AFI film|5875}}

▲* {{Internet Archive film|id=TheSphinx1933|name=The Sphinx}}

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