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6.2/10   125 votes
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Director:
Writer:
Harry Kurnitz (screenplay)
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Release Date:
6 October 1939 (USA) more
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Plot:
Joel and Garda Sloan, a husband and wife detective team, who also sell rare books in New York, take a vacation to Seaside City... more | add synopsis
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good cast keeps routine mystery going more (5 total)

Cast

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Franchot Tone ... Joel Sloane

Ann Sothern ... Garda Sloane
Ruth Hussey ... Lily Cole
Lee Bowman ... Michael 'Mike' Stevens
Allyn Joslyn ... Ted Bentley
John Miljan ... Eric Bartell
Bernard Nedell ... Ed Connors
Mary Beth Hughes ... Jerry W. Lawrence
Cliff Clark ... Sam Travers
James Burke ... Clancy
Frank Orth ... Captain Joe Burke
Margaret Roach ... Emmy Lou, Miss Atlanta
Gladys Blake ... Miss Brooklyn
Granville Bates ... Police Chief Miller
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Tommy Bond ... Little Boy (scenes deleted)
George Chandler ... Clerk (scenes deleted)
Richard Cramer ... Prisoner (scenes deleted)
Sarah Edwards ... Mother (scenes deleted)
Linda Roth ... Lion Tamer (scenes deleted)
C.L. Sherwood ... Prisoner (scenes deleted)
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Runtime:
73 min
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1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
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Movie Connections:
Follows Fast Company (1938) more
Soundtrack:
You are my Lucky Star more

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good cast keeps routine mystery going, 29 October 2006
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Author: blanche-2 from United States

Ann Sothern and Franchot Tone are a young married couple in "Fast and Furious" which also stars Allan Joslyn, Ruth Hussey, and Mary Beth Hughes. A friend hits lawyer Joel Sloane (Tone) up for a loan to finance a beauty pageant taking place at a resort and invites Sloane and wife Garda (Sothern) to come see the show. After they arrive, the boss of the operation is murdered, and Joel's friend is jailed on suspicion. It's up to Joel to stop looking at the bathing suited beauties and solve the case.

This is a routine film, rather slow, with some nice humor. Tone and Sothern are a delightful couple. This is the earliest film in which I've seen Ann Sothern, whom I remember from her TV series as a child. She's gorgeous! A real knockout. She and Tone have the charm and lightness necessary for their roles; it's a shame they couldn't have had a better script.

Though this is directed by Busby Berkeley, there are no flashy dance numbers but he does regale us with some neat camera work.

A very pleasant film.

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