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08/10/1936 Mystery, Comedy, Crime, Drama 1h 13m
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THE GAL WHO TOOK MR. DEEDS TO TOWN STEPS OUT AGAIN... This time with handsome Joel McCrea...in the year's merriest melee of mirth!

Overview

The story of an egotistical crime writer who gets involved with the case of a notorious art thief (who is believed to be dead) while at the same time romancing a lovely young actress who's in a play that also happens to be the cover for massive jewel job. Art connoisseur and criminologist George Melville is hired to track down art thieves, assisted by perky Claire Peyton and goaded by Phil Bane, the roaring newspaper editor who has employed him. The mastermind poses as a theatrical impresario and stages a war drama, replete with loud explosions, to divert attention from his band of thieves, who are cracking safes in a bank adjacent to the theater.

  1. Edward Ludwig

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Jean Arthur

    Claire Peyton

  2. Joel McCrea

    George Melville

  3. Reginald Owen

    Blackton Gregory

  4. Thomas Mitchell

    Phil Bane

  5. Victor Kilian

    Mark Gibbs

  6. John Gallaudet

    McGuire

  7. Emmett Vogan

    Lorimer

  8. George Cooper

    Duncan

  9. Herman Bing

    Otto

  10. View more

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-06-25
There's quite a bit of on-screen chemistry between Joel McCrae ("George") and Jean Arthur ("Claire") as both try to get to the bottom of a series of daring robberies. He is a criminologist who is drafted in by a newspaper, she an actress starring in play that was produced by an arch-burglar whom everyone thinks is dead. Everyone, that is, except "George". What now ensues is an amiable mystery as the pair spend as much time spatting with each other as they do trying to focus on the job in hand. It's quickly paced with a small, but competent, supporting cast including Thomas Mitchell ("Bane") an...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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