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22 January 1940 (USA)
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It's Gay! It's Goose-pimply! It's grand! It's ga-ga! more
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A lawyer is framed for the murder of a young party girl and tries to clear his name. | add synopsis
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Murder
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Lawyer
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Beautiful Woman
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Frame Up
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Corruption
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Way Better Than You'd Think
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Pat O'Brien | ... | John Webb | |
| Edward Arnold | ... | Vincent Cushing | |
| Broderick Crawford | ... | Russ Sampson | |
| Ruth Terry | ... | Nightclub singer | |
| Alan Dinehart | ... | District Attorney Joyce | |
| Claire Dodd | ... | Alma Brehmer | |
| Phyllis Brooks | ... | Sarilla Cushing | |
| Eve Arden | ... | Miss Ater | |
| Douglass Dumbrille | ... | George Taylor | |
| Bernard Nedell | ... | Pete Godena | |
| Douglas Fowley | ... | Madder | |
| Ernest Truex | ... | P. Hemingway Collins | |
| Janet Beecher | ... | Mrs. Cushing | |
| Evelyn Keyes | ... | Miss Vlissingen | |
| John Sheehan | ... | Mike Daley |
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Send Another Coffin (USA) (working title)
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85 min
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Alma Brehmer:
Look, there are very few things in my life that I really regret. One of them is the time I wasted on you.
Pete Godena: Cool off, Snow White! Now let's you and me have a nice little heart-to-heart talk, hmm?
Alma Brehmer: What would you use?
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Pete Godena: Cool off, Snow White! Now let's you and me have a nice little heart-to-heart talk, hmm?
Alma Brehmer: What would you use?
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Macroscopically, this movie is surprisingly entertaining, with crackling dialogue and charming performances by O'Brien and Crawford. Under closer scrutiny, the plot really doesn't hold up, nor do a number of character's motivations, but O'Brien's effortless cool covers a multitude of sins and the THIN MAN comparisons are apt. Overall, an underrated old-fashioned big ensemble good time the way they used to craft them back in the 40s. This isn't as good as Garnett's THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE and you won't gain much insight into the human condition or require a handkerchief, but you will laugh and you will be amused. One of the highlights from a 50 - pack of public domain crime dramas called "50 Dark Crimes" currently available for super cheap (how I discovered it), and like that inexpensive offering, worth far more than the price of admission.