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Harry Kurnitz (screenplay)
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Release Date:
6 October 1939 (USA) more
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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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Breezy comedy/mystery is enjoyable programmer... 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
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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
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Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
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Follows Fast and Loose (1939) more
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You are my Lucky Star more

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Breezy comedy/mystery is enjoyable programmer..., 29 November 2007
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Author: Neil Doyle from U.S.A.

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.

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