No Hands on the Clock (1941)

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No Hands on the Clock is a 1941 American comedy mystery film directed by Frank McDonald starring Chester Morris as detective Humphrey Campbell. The cast also included Jean Parker and Rose Hobart. It was produced by Pine-Thomas Productions and released by Paramount Pictures.

Production

In June 1941 Paramount announced they had bought the screen rights to the novel and hired Mainwaring to write the script. However, Mainwaring is not credited on the final film for doing the screenplay.

This film was the first of a three-picture deal between Morris and Pine-Thomas, who made films for distribution through Paramount. It was the company's fourth film and the first time they had used a star who was not Richard Arlen. Pine Thomas announced they had taken options on three other Humphrey Campbell stories from Homes/Mainwaring. (They also optioned Mainwaring's The Hands on the Clock Stand Still.)

Filming started 15 August 1941. Rose Hobart replaced Florence Rice who was originally cast.

Keye Luke was signed to play a Chinese houseboy. But the Chinese had a policy that their actors should not play servants unless there were also servants of other races. So Luke played the part as a Filipino.

Mainwaring was later hired to write scripts for Pine-Thomas. The writer said, "Bill Thomas... who made very small and very bad pictures at Paramount, gave me my first real screenwriting job. I wrote six pictures in one year, all of which I'd just as soon forget except Big Town. At the end of the year, I fled to the hills and wrote Build My Gallows High."

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