"The Crooked Circle" from 1932 is an 'old dark house' mystery/comedy that pits an amateur detective group against a crime syndicate. The Crooked Circle gang has marked a member of The Sphinx Club for death. But they first have to find him at his country house on Long Island, which is supposedly haunted by the violin playing ghost of a jilted lover. Mike and Amber take on this Zasu Pitts vehicle that delivers on some fronts but falls short of others. Plus, Mike debuts a truly unique character for use in tabletop role playing games, which you will absolutely not find anywhere else!

Title: The Crooked Circle

Director: H. Bruce Humberstone

IMDB Rating: 5.3/10

Rating: NR

Content warnings: Racism and racial slurs, trivializing mental illness, drugging someone against their will, stalking

Notable actors: Zasu Pitts (Strangers of the Evening), James Gleason (he fought in the Spanish American War and World War 1, Arsenic and Old Lace, lots of TV)

Hilarious tagline: “Evil is on the way, and it’s tied with a string."

5th Edition Character: The Crooked One, a violin-playing skeleton

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