Fast and Furious (1939)
Crime doesn't pay with these two super sleuths on the job!
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.
- Date of release
- 1939-10-06
- TMDB
- 5.2 / 10 (11)
- Runtime
- 1h 13m
- Genres
- Comedy, Crime, Mystery
- Director
- Busby Berkeley
- Collection
- Joel & Garda Sloane Collection
Casting
- Franchot Tone — Joel Sloane
- Ann Sothern — Garda Sloane
- Ruth Hussey — Lily Cole
- Lee Bowman — Mike Stevens
- Allyn Joslyn — Ted Bentley
- John Miljan — Eric Bartell
- Bernard Nedell — Ed Connors
- Mary Beth Hughes — Jerry Lawrence
- Cliff Clark — Sam Travers
- James Burke — Clancy
- Frank Orth — Captain Joe Burke
- Margaret Roach — Emmy Lou
Interesting facts
Fast and Furious is a 1939 American mystery comedy film directed by Busby Berkeley. The film stars Franchot Tone and Ann Sothern as Joel and Garda Sloane, a crime-solving married couple who are also rare book dealers. It is the last of a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer trilogy, along with Fast Company (1938) and Fast and Loose (1939). However, different actors played the couple each time.
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