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Mary, a woman with good intentions, takes pity on Henry, an artist with no home. What begins as a simple offer to come inside from the cold for tea gradually turns into more. Before the unsuspecting woman knows it, Henry, his family, and his friends con their way into her home. Eventually, Mary creates a ruse to rid herself of the parasites, but they have a different plan.
Keywords
art collector
greed
artist
deception
crook
con artist
murder
betrayal
extortion
art thief
home invasion
art theft
damsel in distress
captivity
christmas
abused wife
christmas eve
art collection
home intrusion
Casts

Aline MacMahon
Mary Herries

Basil Rathbone
Henry Abbott

Mary Carlisle
Phyllis

Frank Albertson
Peter Santard

Dudley Digges
Mr. Edwards

Doris Lloyd
Lucy Weston

Nola Luxford
Rose, Mary's Maid

Murray Kinnell
Doctor

Eily Malyon
Mrs. Edwards
Justine Chase
Ada Abbott
Barbara Shields
Aggie Edwards

Donald Meek
Mr. Foster

Frank Reicher
Gustave Roubet (as Frank Reigher)

Jimmy Aubrey
Soapbox Orator (uncredited)

E. E. Clive
Grammaphone Man (uncredited)

Charles Coleman
Doorman (uncredited)

Elspeth Dudgeon
Lady Emily (uncredited)

Colin Kenny
Second Scotland Yard Man (uncredited)

Wilfred Lucas
First Scotland Yard Man (uncredited)
Milton Owen
Servant (uncredited)

Tempe Pigott
Flower Woman (uncredited)

C. Montague Shaw
Passport Clerk (uncredited)

Yorke Sherwood
Mr. Pritchett, a Policeman (uncredited)

Larry Steers
Lucy's Friend (uncredited)
Joseph R. Tozer
Constable (uncredited)
Walter Ware
Man (uncredited)
Crews

George B. Seitz
Director

Hugh Walpole
Story
Edward Chodorov
Theatre Play
Bernard Schubert
Screenplay
Eddie Imazu
Assistant Art Director

Edwin B. Willis
Assistant Art Director
Lucien Hubbard
Writer
Clifford Vaughan
Orchestrator
Paul Marquardt
Orchestrator
Charles Maxwell
Orchestrator
Jack Virgil
Orchestrator
Wayne Allen
Orchestrator
Carl Roup
Script Supervisor
Hugh Wynn
Editor

Douglas Shearer
Recording Supervision

Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction
Edward Ward
Original Music Composer
Dolly Tree
Costumer

George J. Folsey
Director of Photography
Lucien Hubbard
Producer
Backdrops & Posters
