Top billed cast

1. 

   Claudette Colbert

   Edwina Corday

2. 

   James Stewart

   Guy Johnson

3. 

   Guy Kibbee

   Fred 'Cap' Streeter

4. 

   Nat Pendleton

   Sergeant Fred Koretz

5. 

   Frances Drake

   Vivian Tarbel

6. 

   Edgar Kennedy

   Lieutenant Miller

7. 

   Ernest Truex

   Willie Heyward

8. 

   Richard Carle

   Major I. E. Willoughby

9. 

   Cecilia Callejo

   Dolores Gonzales

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-06-22

This is a cracking, quickly paced little comedy thriller with Claudette Colbert really on form as the rather dreamy poet who finds herself caught up in James Stewart's murder shenanigans. He is a PI whose wealthy pal is held for murder. When Stewart ("Johnson") is offered $100k to get to the bottom of it all, he tries to investigate, gets arrested, escapes from the cops into a river and alights on poor old "Edwina Corday" (Colbert) whose car he hijacks. After a bumpy start to their relationship, the pair of them are soon on the case to solve the mystery. It moves along well, the two stars - al...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• escape
• police
• kidnapping
• detective
• romcom
• murder
• madcap comedy
• screwball comedy
• framed for a crime
• escaped prisoner
• framed for murder
• imminent execution
• crime comedy
• comedy mystery