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Over My Dead Body
Over My Dead Body
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  2. Over My Dead Body

Over My Dead Body

1942
1h 8m
Mystery
Comedy

Status

Released

Release

1942

Runtime

1h 8m

Storyline

"A Berle's Best Friend... Is His Murder!"

Berle plays a mystery writer who forever writes himself into corners and is never able to finish a story. While visiting his wife (Mary Beth Hughes) at the office where she works, Berle overhears several men discussing the suicide of a coworker. Struck with a brilliant notion, Berle decides to confess to the murder of the dead man, certain that he'll be able to wriggle out of the situation and thereby have plenty of material for a story.

Score Distribution

Details

Status
Released
Runtime
1h 8m
Jan 15, 1942
Languages
English
Director
Malcolm St. Clair
Malcolm St. Clair
Production
20th Century Fox
20th Century Fox
Production Countries
United States of America

Top Cast

42 Cast Members

Milton Berle

Milton Berle

Jason Cordry

Mary Beth Hughes

Mary Beth Hughes

Patricia Cordry aka Pat Preston

Reginald Denny

Reginald Denny

Richard 'Dick' Brenner

Frank Orth

Frank Orth

Detective

William B. Davidson

William B. Davidson

Crole (as William Davidson)

Wonderful Smith

Wonderful Smith

Wonderful

Pat O'Malley

Pat O'Malley

Petie Stuyvesant (as J. Patrick O'Malley)

George M. Carleton

George M. Carleton

Judge

John Hamilton

John Hamilton

District Attorney Stuart Drinkwater

Jill Warren

Elsie Bailey

Milton Parsons

Milton Parsons

George Lawrin

Leon Belasco

Leon Belasco

Pierre

Charles Trowbridge

Charles Trowbridge

Honest Tom Mardley

Lon McCallister

Lon McCallister

Jimmie

Cyril Ring

Cyril Ring

Court Clerk

Edwin August

Edwin August

Bailiff

Emory Parnell

Emory Parnell

Police Capt. Grady

Edward Gargan

Edward Gargan

Police Sergeant

Don Dillaway

Don Dillaway

Reporter

George Riley

Reporter

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