Overview:
Detective Guy Johnson's client, Willie Heywood, is framed for murder. While Guy hides him so he can catch the real killer, both of them are nabbed by the police, tried, convicted and sentenced to jail: Guy for a year with Willie to be executed. On the way to jail, Guy comes across a clue and escapes from the police.| Status: | Released (1939-05-19) |
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| Screen: | Ben Hecht, Herman J. Mankiewicz |
| Productions: | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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Casts
- 30155: Claudette Colbert - Edwina Corday
- 854: James Stewart - Guy Johnson
- 30002: Guy Kibbee - Fred 'Cap' Streeter
- 32430: Nat Pendleton - Sergeant Fred Koretz
- 99252: Frances Drake - Vivian Tarbel
- 30018: Edgar Kennedy - Lieutenant Miller
- 34419: Ernest Truex - Willie Heyward
Crews
- 7510: Harold F. Kress - Editor - Editing
- 4341: Ben Hecht - Screenplay - Writing
- 127523: Oliver T. Marsh - Director of Photography - Camera
- 101711: Edward Ward - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 32107: Frank Davis - Producer - Production
- 32427: W.S. Van Dyke - Director - Directing
- 4341: Ben Hecht - Story - Writing
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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 ge ....
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