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Fast and Furious (1939)

Directed by Busby Berkeley

Comedy | Crime | Mystery

Overview

Joel & Garda Sloan, a husband and wife detective team, who also sell rare books in New York, take a vacation to Seaside City. At Seaside, Joel’s pal, Mike Stevens is managing and preparing for their beauty pageant. Joel is made one of the judges plus he has invested $5,000 in it, to Garda’s dismay. Eric Bartell, promoter, arrives to dupe Stevens. When Ed Connors, New York racketeer arrives, Bartell is mysteriously murdered. Joel and Garda set out to investigate the murder.

Rated NR | Length 73 minutes

Actors

Franchot Tone | Ann Sothern | Ruth Hussey | Lee Bowman | Allyn Joslyn | John Miljan | Bernard Nedell | Mary Beth Hughes | Cliff Clark | James Burke | Frank Orth | Margaret Roach | Gladys Blake | Granville Bates | Ernie Alexander | C. Bakaleinikoff | Muriel Barr | Patsy Bedell | Arthur Belasco | Mel Blanc | Anne Borglum | Sidney Bracey | Harry Brown | Bill Cartledge | Jack Chapin | Rube Demarest | Lester Dorr | Yvonne Duval | Sam Finn | James Flavin | Jerry Fletcher | Jack Foss | Caroline Frasher | Inna Gest | Eddie Gribbon | Edward Hearn | Tom Herbert | Marilyn Hope | Claire James | Lois Lindsay | Buddie Messinger | Harold Minjir | Hans Moebus | Paul Newlan | George Noisom | Tom O'Grady | Claire Owen | Bert Roach | Henry Roquemore | Clarice Sherry | Will Stanton | Brick Sullivan | Charles Sullivan | William Tannen | Phillip Terry | Ray Turner | Joe Yule

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Date ViewedDeviceFormatSourceRating
06/03/2022PhoneStreamingVideo on Demand6 stars
 

Viewing Notes

Pretty good lift of THE THIN MAN template tho not as clever or funny. But that’s a high bar to clear and this one makes a decent attempt.

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