
The Night Listener(2006)
In the midst of his crumbling relationship, a radio show host begins speaking to his biggest fan—a young boy—via the telephone. But when questions about the boy's identity come up, the host's life is thrown into chaos.



Bruce Cabot
Dr. Bob Clayton

Helen Mack
Carole Dale

Joan Woodbury
Lila Haines

Constance Worth
Ann Stokes

Thomas E. Jackson
Sergeant Macintosh Spencer (as Thomas Jackson)

Tom Dugan
Hank Manley

Mabel Todd
Dora Stanley

Roland Drew
Dr. Norman Kennedy

Addison Richards
Dr. Finley Morton

Frank Reicher
Dr. Amos Thornton
Mystery of the White Room is a crime, mystery, romance film released in 1939 exploring themes of hospital, universal crime club. Directed by Otis Garrett, it stars Bruce Cabot, Helen Mack, Joan Woodbury. A doctor and nurse solve an operating-room murder.
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