Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Edward Buzzell |
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| Writer: | Marco Page, Harold Tarshis, Harry Kurnitz |
| Staring: |
| Married book-dealers Joel & Garda Sloane try to clear a friend in the murder of a rival book-seller. | |
| Release Date: | Jul 05, 1938 |
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| Director: | Edward Buzzell |
| Writer: | Marco Page, Harold Tarshis, Harry Kurnitz |
| Genres: | Comedy, Romance, Mystery |
| Keywords | amateur detective, married couple, gunshot wound, thug, false accusations, insurance investigator, rare book, framed for murder, kept woman, frameup, rare book forger |
| Production Companies | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 04, 2025 Entered: Apr 26, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Melvyn Douglas | Joel Sloane |
| Florence Rice | Garda Sloane |
| Claire Dodd | Julia Thorne |
| Shepperd Strudwick | Ned Morgan |
| Louis Calhern | Elias Z. Bannerman |
| Nat Pendleton | Paul Terison |
| Douglass Dumbrille | Arnold Stamper (as Douglas Dumbrille) |
| Mary Howard | Leah Brockler |
| George Zucco | Otto Brockler |
| Minor Watson | Steve Langner |
| Donald Douglas | Lt. James Flanner |
| Dwight Frye | Sidney Z. Wheeler |
| Thurston Hall | Dist. Atty. MacMillen |
| Horace McMahon | Danny Scolado (as Horace MacMahon) |
| Barbara Bedford | MacMillen's Secretary (uncredited) |
| James B. Carson | Safe Expert (uncredited) |
| Jack Chefe | Maitre d' (uncredited) |
| Roger Converse | Assistant Dist. Atty. Byers (uncredited) |
| Jack Foss | Attendant Bringing Sandwich (uncredited) |
| Natalie Garson | Mildred, Girl with Sidney (uncredited) |
| Chuck Hamilton | Police Detective (uncredited) |
| Edward Hearn | Policeman (uncredited) |
| Harold Miller | Auction Attendee (uncredited) |
| Edmund Mortimer | Restaurant Patron (uncredited) |
| Wedgwood Nowell | Man in Victim's House (uncredited) |
| Ronald R. Rondell | Taxi Driver (uncredited) |
| Henry Sylvester | Auctioneer (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| William Axt | Music |
| Dolly Tree | Wardrobe Designer |
| Edward Buzzell | Director |
| Clyde De Vinna | Director of Photography |
| Fredrick Y. Smith | Editor |
| Gabriel Scognamillo | Assistant Art Director |
| Cedric Gibbons | Art Direction |
| Edwin B. Willis | Assistant Art Director |
| Douglas Shearer | Sound Director |
| Marco Page | Novel |
| Harold Tarshis | Screenplay |
| Charles O'Malley | Assistant Director |
| Harry Kurnitz | Screenplay |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Frederick Stephani | Producer |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
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| 2024 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 1 |
| 2024 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 1 |
| 2024 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| 2024 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 1 |
| 2024 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 2 |
| 2024 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 1 |
| 2024 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
| 2024 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 2024 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
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