A feud between rival newspapermen Kruger (Bromberg) and McDonald (Guilfoyle) goes deadly when blackmailing McDonald ends up murdered and his corpse planted in the trunk of Kruger's car. Good guy Kruger attempts to hide McDonald's body, with the help of chauffeur Hogan (Jenks), to keep from being charged with murder. However, zany scenarios occur as the body just won't stay hidden, and keeps on popping up in multiple places where Kruger is located, leading to him hiding the body again and again while Kruger tries to find the real killer.
Acting
J. Edward Bromberg's escalating panic is pure vaudeville.
Writing
Gag structure so tight it could teach modern comedies.
Director
Albert Herman
J. Edward Bromberg
Henry Kruger
Isabel Randolph
Alice Kruger
Frank Jenks
Mack Hogan
Eric Sinclair
James Kruger
Paul Guilfoyle
Andy McDonald
Ben Welden
"Slippery Joe" Clary
Charles Coleman
Egbert
Eddy Waller
Desmond
Bess Flowers
Tribune staff worker (uncredited)
Archie Twitchell
Jimmy Trigg (uncredited)
Mary Arden
Madge (uncredited)
Charles Jordan
Draper (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
PRC (Producers Releasing Corporation) shot this in five days on recycled sets from their Charlie Chan series.
The 'corpse comedy' subgenre peaked here before vanishing; even Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) treated death more gently.
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