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Writers:
Howard J. Green (writer)
Parke Levy (writer)
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Genre:
Comedy | Crime | Mystery more
Plot:
A lawyer and two newlyweds get mixed up in mock mystery at a resort. full summary | add synopsis
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Cast

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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
Blanche Ring ... Elizabeth Lenhart
Chili Williams ... Blonde in Polka Dots
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Additional Details

Runtime:
70 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)
Certification:
USA:Approved (PCA #10125)

Fun Stuff

Quotes:
Helene: Not so fast, my skirt's too tight!
Jake: Oh, I told you you didn't know how to dress for a murder.
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5 out of 6 people found the following comment useful.
Couldn't recapture the magic, 23 July 2005
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Author: bkoganbing from Buffalo, New York

I've said on a number of places at IMDb that the real popularizers of the male buddy film were James Cagney and Pat O'Brien. They made a number of great successes for Warner Brothers in the previous decade. O'Brien left Warners in 1941 and unfortunately Having Wonderful Crime is a failed attempt to recapture the magic.

I think this film would have been a whole lot better with James Cagney in the part George Murphy played. It was a good screwball comedy, but Murphy just ain't Cagney. Playing off Pat O'Brien the lines Murphy delivers just don't have the same flair.

But as another viewer remarked, Carole Landis in the best 1940s fashions is a lovely sight to behold. What a tragic end to a beautiful and talented player was soon to befall Carole.

She's reason enough to watch this.

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