Over My Dead Body (1942)
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.
- Date of release
- 1942-01-15
- TMDB
- 8.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 1h 8m
- Genres
- Mystery, Comedy
- Director
- Malcolm St. Clair
Casting
- Milton Berle — Jason Cordry
- Mary Beth Hughes — Patricia Cordry aka Pat Preston
- Reginald Denny — Richard 'Dick' Brenner
- Frank Orth — Detective
- William B. Davidson — Crole (as William Davidson)
- Wonderful Smith — Wonderful
- Pat O'Malley — Petie Stuyvesant (as J. Patrick O'Malley)
- George M. Carleton — Judge
- John Hamilton — District Attorney Stuart Drinkwater
- Jill Warren — Elsie Bailey
- Milton Parsons — George Lawrin
- Leon Belasco — Pierre
Interesting facts
Over My Dead Body is a 1942 American mystery film directed by Malcolm St. Clair starring Milton Berle, Mary Beth Hughes and Reginald Denny.
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