Nine Lives Are Not Enough
1941 film by A. Edward Sutherland From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nine Lives Are Not Enough is a 1941 American comedy mystery film directed by A. Edward Sutherland and starring Ronald Reagan, Joan Perry and James Gleason.[1] The film was produced and released by Warner Bros.[2][3] It is based on the 1940 novel Nine Lives Are Not Enough by Jerome Odlum.[4]
| Nine Lives Are Not Enough | |
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| Directed by | A. Edward Sutherland |
| Screenplay by | Fred Niblo Jr. |
| Based on | Nine Lives Are Not Enough by Jerome Odlum |
| Produced by | Bryan Foy |
| Starring | Ronald Reagan Joan Perry James Gleason Faye Emerson |
| Cinematography | Ted D. McCord |
| Edited by | Doug Gould |
| Music by | William Lava |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
Release date |
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Running time | 63 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Plot
A reporter tries to solve a series of boarding house murders. The dramatic main plot murder action is intermixed with farce and slapstick comedic elements.
Cast
- Ronald Reagan as Matt Sawyer
- Joan Perry as Jane Abbott
- James Gleason as Sgt. Sam Daniels
- Howard Da Silva as J.B. Murray, City Editor
- Faye Emerson as Rose Chadwick
- Edward Brophy as Officer Slattery
- Peter Whitney as Roy
- Charles Drake as 'Snappy' Lucas
- Vera Lewis as Mrs. Slocum
- Ben Welden as Moxie Karper
- Howard C. Hickman as Colonel Andrews
- Cliff Clark as Lieutenant Buckley
- Tom Stevenson as Charles
- Paul Phillips as Hot-Foot
- Joseph Crehan as Yates
- John Maxwell as Gillis
References
Bibliography
External links
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