When a troupe of showgirls with their impresario and press agent vacation at a Malibu Beach resort, two of them are garroted. Charlie takes on the case assisted by Number Two Son Jimmy and faithful chauffeur Birmingham Brown.
When a troupe of showgirls with their impresario and press agent vacation at a Malibu Beach resort, two of them are garroted. Charlie takes on the case assisted by Number Two Son Jimmy and faithful chauffeur Birmingham Brown.
This was Sidney Toler's final film. Stricken with cancer during his last few films, he was so physically weak during shooting that he could hardly walk or say his lines coherently.
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Goofs
Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers):
Impresario Cole-King (Howard Negley) accuses his press agent, Rick Daniels (Larry Blake), of being "callused" when Rick suggests dumping the body of the first murder victim at the beach. The word obviously meant is "callous".
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Quotes
Adelaide Brandt:
Oh, it does not matter. We have lived through so much; we will overcome this. I live with you in jail, in hovels. I even live with you in pork pies. Doc Brandt:
[laughs]
It's pig sties, honey. Adelaide Brandt:
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