"While The Patient Slept" is a very good comedy murder mystery film from First National Pictures. It stars Aline MacMahon, Guy Kibee, and Lyle Talbot. It is the second in the "Crime Club" series of films tied to the "Black Mask" magazine. The cast and direction are excellent and professional and the film moves at a brisk pace with the solution to the mystery a satisfactory one.
Many of the reviews take a condescending approach to this film. One does not even get the name of the studio which produced it correctly writing "I must say that "While the Patient Slept" is a very poor one--even if it was made by the premier studio of the day, MGM." Another writes "there are a ton of characters. Non of them stands out." There are more along this line, but they are barely literate.
Many of the reviews take a condescending approach to this film. One does not even get the name of the studio which produced it correctly writing "I must say that "While the Patient Slept" is a very poor one--even if it was made by the premier studio of the day, MGM." Another writes "there are a ton of characters. Non of them stands out." There are more along this line, but they are barely literate.