Stars: Chester Morris, Jean Parker, Rose Hobart
Director: Frank McDonald
Writers: Daniel Mainwaring (novel), Maxwell Shane (screenplay)
The first of three Pine-Thomas productions for Chester Morris finds him as wise-cracking private detective Humphrey Campbell who impresses his boss, Oscar Flack, no end by not only finding a missing girl but also marrying her in the process. So Flack sends him to celebrate his honeymoon in the Divorce Capital of the world, Reno, Nevada, to find a missing man. Along the way, in a mixture of big city crime and old-west settings, Humphrey encounters a large assortment of suspicious characters, all of whom are also suspicious of the others. A comedy that also includes some killings along the way.
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Why is this guy drinking so much milk? He's gonna get diabetes if he doesn't ease up.
Good film.
Thankyou for posting.
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addle pated doodle head, haha, creative alternative to cussin
you want to postpone our honeymoon?
But I want a mink coat
uhh
Benson Fong speaking pidgeon English = priceless
Rod Cameron who played Reed later became a big star. A director described Cameron as the bravest guy he ever knew, after Cameron divorced his wife and married her mother.
Another good detective movie! Thanks.
LOVE THESE MOVIES THANKS!!
Enjoyed this,i'm a Chester Morris fan anyway. (Oh,by the way,my lady friend said,and i quote,"Mink coats belong on the MINKS!")
Thanks, really enjoyed this one! Except for the excessive milk drinking, it reminded me a little of The Thin Man movies??…..minus Asta. What a dawg! Come to think of it though, maybe here the milk replaced the booze and Oscar replaced Asta.
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That feather on her hat, I was wondering if she could wear it in car without it touching the roof. Just a thought. lol
milburn stone as FBI man 45:02
There should have been more movies with the private detective and his new wife
Thank you for this one. I like Chester Morris expressions of exasperation – he is actually a very talented comedic actor. Really miss these older films. Thank you. Cheers.
Just an opinion of a 61 year old man but I think the actresses then dressed with more class than nowGreat movie and she's funny
Love seeing so many familiar fac
es. I used to watch lots of these old movies on TV on the 1950s. There wasn't much else on. Thanks!
Women with Wireless hat
So do they use their feet then?
My grandmother used to like this guy, Morris. I never knew about whom she was speaking–now I do!
I really enjoyed this movie! What a hoot!!
Loved the shower scene! Lol
Yeh, Jean Parker, don't think I'd seen her before. Very cute and very good. She reminds me a lot of the young Mary Martin.
Chester Morris, Boston Blackie, is good in this one too.
An entertaining movie with a good cast headed by Chester Morris and Jean Parker. Chester Morris was well cast in several movies that I have seen – he had a likeable quality about him.