A society doctor helps an insurance-company file clerk check deaths related to a big policy.
Acting
Marjorie Weaver's file clerk energy: competent, underpaid, unbothered.
Writing
67 minutes, three corpses, zero fat. Golden Age efficiency.
Director
Ray McCarey
Marjorie Weaver
Mary Lou
John Hubbard
Dr. Thomas Wilson
Cobina Wright
Jessica Gerald
Mona Barrie
Clair Turk
Douglass Dumbrille
Carter Stevenson
Sidney Blackmer
Mr. Wheeler
Truman Bradley
McAndrews
Lucien Littlefield
Dr. Fred Turk
William Halligan
Dr. James Gerald
Donald Douglas
Joe Ellis
Eddie Conrad
Eatery Proprietor
Milton Parsons
Douglass
Bess Flowers
Elevator Passenger (uncredited)
Minerva Urecal
Mrs. O'Heaney (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Ray McCarey directed 40+ films in the 1930s-40s; this was one of his last before disappearing into obscurity.
Insurance investigator films peaked in Depression-era Hollywood—audiences loved watching corporations get outsmarted by underpaid clerks.
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