Fast and Furious (1939)

Joel and Garda Sloan, a husband and wife detective team, who also sell rare books in New York, take a vacation to Seaside City. At Seaside, Joel's pal, Mike Stevens is managing and ... See full summary »

Director:

Busby Berkeley

Writer:

Harry Kurnitz (original screen play)

Stars:

Franchot Tone, Ann Sothern, Ruth Hussey

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Franchot Tone	...	Joel Sloane
Ann Sothern	...	Garda Sloane
Ruth Hussey	...	Lily Cole
Lee Bowman	...	Mike Stevens
Allyn Joslyn	...	Ted Bentley
John Miljan	...	Eric Bartell
Bernard Nedell	...	Ed Connors
Mary Beth Hughes	...	Jerry Lawrence
Cliff Clark	...	Sam Travers
James Burke	...	Clancy
Frank Orth	...	Captain Joe Burke
Margaret Roach	...	Emmy Lou
Gladys Blake	...	Miss Brooklyn
Granville Bates	...	Chief Miller

Storyline

Joel and Garda Sloan, a husband and wife detective team, who also sell rare books in New York, take a vacation to Seaside City. At Seaside, Joel's pal, Mike Stevens is managing and preparing for their beauty pageant. Joel is made one of the judges plus he has invested $5,000 in it, to Garda's dismay. Eric Bartell, promoter, arrives to dupe Stevens. When Ed Connors, New York racketeer arrives, Bartell is mysteriously murdered. Joel and Garda set out to investigate the murder.

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Plot Keywords:

murder | beauty | racketeer | vacation | resort | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Crime | Mystery

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Certificate:

Approved

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

6 October 1939 (USA)

Also Known As:

A nagy riport

Filming Locations:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

73 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Several actors and actresses in studio records for the film "Fast and Furious (1939)" never appear. These are, with their character names: Tommy Bond (Little Boy), George Chandler (Clerk), Richard Cramer (Prisoner), Sarah Edwards (Mother), Linda Roth (Lion Tamer) and C.L. Sherwood (Prisoner).

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Connections

Follows Fast Company (1938)

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Soundtracks

"You are my Lucky Star"
(1935) (uncredited)
Music by Nacio Herb Brown
Lyrics by Arthur Freed
Played by a band at the Seaside City railroad station

User Reviews

Breezy comedy/mystery is enjoyable programmer...

ANN SOTHERN and FRANCHOT TONE play a husband and wife team, a book dealer and his scheming, scatterbrained wife who get involved with murder at a seaside resort. She tags along to help solve the crime, but mostly because she knows there are too many bathing beauties around that might catch his eye.

Among the suspects are LEE BOWMAN, RUTH HUSSEY, MARY BETH HUGHES and ALLYN JOSLYN, with FRANK ORTH and some tame lions providing some unusual comedy relief. Miss Hussey is the surprise here, playing the sort of "heavy" role as a villainess that she seldom ever essayed in other films. Mary Beth Hughes does her usual blonde beauty routine and Allyn Joslyn is the best character actor in the cast.

With the accent on comedy, it's not difficult for FRANCHOT TONE and ANN SOTHERN to carry the leads with effortless charm.

Probably passed the time pleasantly as the second feature on a double bill, but hasn't dated as badly as some other comedy/mysteries of this sort have. Busby Berkeley is the unlikely director.