Directed by:
Frank McDonaldScreenplay:
Maxwell ShaneCinematography:
Fred Jackman Jr.Composer:
Paul SawtellCast:
Chester Morris, Jean Parker, Rose Hobart, Dick Purcell, Astrid Allwyn, Rod Cameron, James Kirkwood, Robert Middlemass, Ralph Sanford, Grant Withers (more)Plots(1)
Humphrey Campbell isn't your ordinary private detective. He likes to relax by playing the accordion, his drink of choice is milk, and the only lady in his life is his new bride, Louise. They should be enjoying their honeymoon in Reno, Nevada. Instead, Humphrey's boss shows up and begs him to investigate a disappearance that he swears will only take a few hours. Fat chance. Humphrey begins piecing the puzzle together and sorting through suspects. There's nothing amusing about the murdered redhead he discovers clutching a silver dollar in her hand, or when gunmen start shooting at him and Louise. What was supposed to be a "simple" missing person's case becomes a case of multiple murder. But when the going gets tough, Humphrey plays rough. He's bent on solving the case and salvaging his honeymoon. All he's got to do is stay alive. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Chester Morris
USA
Best movies:
The Bat Whispers (1930)
Red-Headed Woman (1932)
The Divorcee (1930)
Jean Parker
USA
Best movies:
The Flying Deuces (1939)
The Gunfighter (1950)
The Ghost Goes West (1935)
Rose Hobart
USA
Best movies:
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)
Conflict (1945)
Canyon Passage (1946)
Dick Purcell
USA
Best movies:
Bullets or Ballots (1936)
Follow the Fleet (1936)
In Old California (1942)
Astrid Allwyn
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Love Affair (1939)
Follow the Fleet (1936)
Rod Cameron
Canada
Best movies:
North West Mounted Police (1940)
Christmas in July (1940)
Bullets Don't Argue (1964)
James Kirkwood
USA
Best movies:
Madame Curie (1943)
The Sun Shines Bright (1953)
The Man from Nevada (1950)
Robert Middlemass
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
A Day at the Races (1937)
The Cowboy and the Lady (1938)
Ralph Sanford
USA
Best movies:
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
The Big Country (1958)
The Heiress (1949)
Grant Withers
USA
Best movies:
Tycoon (1947)
War of the Wildcats (1943)
My Darling Clementine (1946)
George J. Lewis
Mexico
Best movies:
Casablanca (1942)
It Started with Eve (1941)
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
Milburn Stone
USA
Best movies:
Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
Pickup on South Street (1953)
White Feather (1955)
Keye Luke
China
Best movies:
The Good Earth (1937)
How the West Was Won (1976) (series)
Young Man with a Horn (1950)
Edward Earle
Canada
Best movies:
Edison, the Man (1940)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Ralph Dunn
USA
Best movies:
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
Scarlet Street (1945)
The Talk of the Town (1942)
John Gallaudet
USA
Best movies:
In Cold Blood (1967)
Pickup on South Street (1953)
Birth of the Blues (1941)
Eddie Kane
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
Gertrude Hoffman
German Empire
Best movies:
Caged (1950)
Foreign Correspondent (1940)
Les Misérables (1935)
Pat West
USA
Best movies:
Bringing Up Baby (1938)
Ball of Fire (1941)
His Girl Friday (1940)
Billie Seward
USA
Best movies:
Twentieth Century (1934)
Jane Eyre (1943)