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Charlie McCarthy, Detective
Universal Pictures
Produced and Directed by Frank
Tuttle
Written by Edward Ediscu, Harold Shumate and
Richard Mack
Story by Robertson White and Darrell
Ware
Released December 20, 1939
Cute picture, good
songs. A cops-and-robbers theme
which has some laughs. Charlie's monologues with Bergen are the
high spots of the picture.
The plot is a mélange of strange and convenient
happenings for the scripters. A magazine publisher is in cahoots with a
gangster who proceeds to knock off those who cross the path of the
publisher. Bergen, entertainer at a swank night club, is invited to the
home of the publisher for a party, and becomes involved in the eventual murder
of his host. While a rowdy fight goes on in the basement of the home,
Bergen calmly picks up clues to eventually disclose the real murderer.
Constance Moore, as night club entertainer, sings two
tunes, both passable. Supporting cast clicks and Edgar Kennedy and Warren Hymer hit some broad comedy antics,
while Anne
Gwynne provides suitable eye candy.
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