Strange Affair (1944)
Chuckle While You Shudder! Shiver While You Laugh!
Eminent psychiatrist Dr. Brenner invites cartoonist Bill Harrison and his wife, Jack, to a banquet honoring war refugees. Bill volunteers to pick up fellow psychiatrist Dr. Baumler at the train station, but the man vanishes when he has Bill stop so he can use a pay phone. At the dinner, Bill and Jack are seated with Brenner's daughter, Freda, and, to Bill's surprise, another man is introduced as Baumler -- who dies moments later.
- Date of release
- 1944-10-05
- TMDB
- 6.2 / 10 (6)
- Runtime
- 1h 18m
- Genres
- Mystery, Comedy
- Director
- Alfred E. Green
Casting
- Allyn Joslyn — Bill Harrison
- Evelyn Keyes — Jacqueline "Jack" Harrison
- Marguerite Chapman — Marie Dumont Baumler
- Edgar Buchanan — Lt. Washburn
- Nina Foch — Frieda Brenner
- Hugo Haas — Domino
- Shemp Howard — Laundry Truck Driver
- Frank Jenks — Sgt. Erwin
- Erwin Kalser — Dr. Brenner
- Tonio Selwart — Leslie Carlson
- John Wengraf — Rudolph Kruger
- Hugh Beaumont — Detective Carey (uncredited)
Interesting facts
Strange Affair is a 1944 mystery-comedy film starring Allyn Joslyn, Evelyn Keyes, Marguerite Chapman, and Edgar Buchanan. Directed by Alfred E. Green, it was based on Oscar Saul's short story Stalk the Hunter.
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