Imagine Agatha Christie wrote a rom-com while drunk at a magic show.
Newlyweds (George Murphy, Carole Landis) drag their lawyer friend (Pat O'Brien) to a mountain resort on a search for a missing magician.
Acting
Pat O'Brien's exasperated lawyer energy carries the whole thing.
Writing
Zingers fly faster than the plot makes sense.
Director
A. Edward Sutherland
Pat O'Brien
Michael J. Malone
George Murphy
Jake Justus
Carole Landis
Helene Justus
Lenore Aubert
Gilda Mayfair
George Zucco
King aka The Great Movel
Gloria Holden
Phyllis Gray (as Anje Berens)
Richard Martin
Lance Richards
Charles D. Brown
Mr. Winslow
William 'Wee Willie' Davis
Zacharias, the Porter
Chili Williams
Blonde in Polka Dots
Edward Fielding
Doctor (uncredited)
Dewey Robinson
Suspect (uncredited)
Walter Soderling
Gatekeeper (uncredited)
Josephine Whittell
Myra Lenhart (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Carole Landis was a WWII pin-up icon; this was one of her final comedies before her tragic death in 1948.
Based on Craig Rice's popular Malone mystery novels—rare female pulp writer whose hard-drinking lawyer predated the genre's usual macho detectives.
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