Mr. and Mrs. North (film)
| Mr. and Mrs. North | |
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| Directed by | Robert B. Sinclair |
| Written by | Owen Davis Richard Lockridge |
| Produced by | Irving Asher |
| Starring | Gracie Allen William Post Jr. Paul Kelly |
| Cinematography | Harry Stradling Sr. |
| Edited by | Ralph E. Winters |
| Music by | Daniele Amfitheatrof |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Loew's |
Release date | January 23 1942 |
Running time | 67 min |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Mr. and Mrs. North is a 1942 American mystery film directed by Robert B. Sinclair, starring Gracie Allen and William Post Jr. as detectives Pam and Jerry North. The screenplay was based on a 1941 Broadway play by Owen Davis, which in turn was based on a series of mystery novels by Frances and Richard Lockridge. Pam North, a dizzy socialite, and her husband Jerry return home from a vacation to find a dead body in their apartment. All the suspects are close friends of the Norths, a fact that encourages Pam to gently interfere in the ongoing murder investigation conducted by Lt. Weigand (Paul Kelly).[1]
Plot
Jerry North (William Post Jr.) and his wife Pam (Gracie Allen) return home after a night away in a holiday spirit. The spirit soon vanishes when the body of a man falls out of their liquor closet. The corpse is identified as Stanley Brent, the estranged husband of Carol Brent (Rose Hobart), a friend of Pam's. As the clues are unearthed, it appears that some member of the North's social circle, who knew they would be away, gained entrance to their apartment, asked Brent to come there and murdered him. Pam tries to establish alibis for all of her friends, and in doing so inadvertently establishes who killed Brent.
Cast
- Gracie Allen as Pamela 'Pam' North
- William Post Jr. as Gerald P. 'Gerry' North
- Paul Kelly as Det. Lieutenant Luke Weigand
- Rose Hobart as Carol Brent
- Virginia Grey as Jane Wilson
- Tom Conway as Louis Berex
- Felix Bressart as Arthur Talbot, Fowler Brush Salesman
- Staurt Crawford as Stuart 'Stu' Blanton
- Porter Hall as District Attorney George Heyler
- Millard Mitchell as Detective Mullins
- Lucien Littlefield as Mr. Barnes, the Postman
- Inez Cooper as Mabel Harris, Gerry's Secretary
- Keye Luke as Kumi, Blanton's Servant
- Jerome Cowan as Ben Wilson
- Fortunio Bonanova as Buano
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