Summary
Faith and Hope Banner, sisters, are "convention hostesses" in a hotel. A body is discovered next door as the magician's convention is leaving and the mortician's convention is arriving, and the sisters, with help from manager Wilburforce Puddle, try to hide it. Complicating matters, Hope's boyfriend, Tommy, is a newspaper reporter in the hotel covering some labor negotiations.
Where to watch
Not streaming in any country yet.
Cast
24 of 51
Joan BlondellHope Banner
Binnie BarnesFaith Banner
Janet BlairCharity Banner
Robert BenchleyWilburforce Puddle, hotel manager
John HowardTommy Hopkins
Hugh O'ConnellChief of Police
Frank McGlynn Sr.Josephus Wiegal, senior mortician
Eric BloreCharlemagne, looking for Charlie
Paul HarveyFred Chambers, editor
Una O'ConnorMaggie O'Callahan, scrubwoman
Almira SessionsTessie Conarchy, scrubwoman
Dorothy VaughanMrs. McDougall, scrubwoman
Walter SoderlingCharlie, the deceased
Alec CraigSamuel, potential casket customer
Joseph CrehanLabor leader
Charles LaneMortician
Bess FlowersMortician's Wife
William B. DavidsonLabor Leader
Eddie DunnPoliceman Eddie
Harry HarveyReporter
Robert Emmett KeaneCasket-Selling Mortician
Bert RoachAdvising Drunk
Tim RyanSinging Drunk
Crew
- Directed by
- Leigh Jason
- Written by
- Richard Carroll
- Music by
- Morris Stoloff
Everyone
Pick a department, or search for a name or a job (“editor”, “stunt”).
Facts
October 23, 1941 · 1 h 15 min · NR
- Released
- October 23, 1941
- Runtime
- 1 h 15 min
- Age rating
- NR
- Genres
- Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Romance
- Original language
- English
- Made in
- United States

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