Mystery in Swing
| Mystery in Swing | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Arthur Dreifuss |
| Screenplay by | Arthur Hoerl |
| Produced by | Rudolph Brent, Arthur Dreifuss |
| Starring | Monte Hawley Marguerite Whitten Tommie Moore Edward Thompson Buck Woods Jess Lee Brooks Josephine Edwards (actor) Sybil Lewis (actor) Robert Webb (actor) Alfred Grant Thomas Southern Halley Harding |
| Edited by | Robert Crandall |
Production company | Aetna Film Corp. |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Mystery in Swing is an American murder mystery film released in 1940. It was directed by Arthur Dreifuss, based on a script by Arthur Hoerl. (The University of California at Berkeley erroneously states it was directed by Arthur Hoerl.)
Mystery in Swing features music by The Four Toppers and Cee Pee Johnson and his Orchestra and was noted as being the first time a Black orchestra recorded an entire score for a film. It is currently held in the collections of the National Museum of African American History and Culture.