Mysteerio G-32

Original title: Fly-By-Night

19421942
K-16K-16
1h 14m

IMDb RATING

6.5/10

322

YOUR RATING

Richard Carlson and Nancy Kelly in Mysteerio G-32 (1942)

Comedy Drama Film-Noir

After being charged with the murder of a scientist, a young doctor must track down a Nazi spy ring to clear his name.After being charged with the murder of a scientist, a young doctor must track down a Nazi spy ring to clear his name.After being charged with the murder of a scientist, a young doctor must track down a Nazi spy ring to clear his name.

IMDb RATING

6.5/10

322

YOUR RATING

Director
- Robert Siodmak
Writers
- Jay Dratler(screenplay)
- F. Hugh Herbert(screenplay)
- Sidney Sheldon(story)
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Trivia
When Nancy Kelly's character is kidnapped by Richard Carlson's character, she leads him to a car whose owner's name is McGonigle. After that, he always calls her McGonigle, instead of her name (Pat).

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Featured review

7/10

Fairly well made rip-off of Hitchcock's THE 39 STEPS, with humor touch

FLY BY NIGHT was made in 1942, shortly after the USA had joined WWII, and you keep getting messages about buying goods to support the war effort. That said, the action in the movie is as far removed from the war as a mouse from a cat.

Director Siodmak does a good job of keeping the action ticking despite a script that, for the first third, struck me as a clear rip-off of Alfred Hitckcock's THE 39 STEPS (UK 1935), and that includes surprisingly pleasant touches of humor, especially as the couple pretend to be married and see circumstances force them into marriage.

Carlson and Kelly make a handsome and likable leading duo, aided by a good if largely unknown support cast. Photography is of an acceptable standard.

This B pic deserves watching - short, breezy, sweet, no waste of time!

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