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Fast and Furious (1939)
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Harry Kurnitz (screenplay)
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6 October 1939 (USA)
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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...
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good cast keeps routine mystery going
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(Complete credited cast) | 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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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 Company (1938)
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You are my Lucky Star
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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.