Over My Dead Body (1942)

Over My Dead Body (1942)

A Berle's Best Friend... Is His Murder! 1942-01-15 United States of America 68 Min. PG-13
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Overview

Berle plays a mystery writer who forever writes himself into corners and is never able to finish a story. While visiting his wife (Mary Beth Hughes) at the office where she works, Berle overhears several men discussing the suicide of a coworker. Struck with a brilliant notion, Berle decides to confess to the murder of the dead man, certain that he'll be able to wriggle out of the situation and thereby have plenty of material for a story.

Cast

Milton Berle is Jason Cordry
Jason Cordry
Mary Beth Hughes is Patricia Cordry aka Pat Preston
Patricia Cordry aka Pat Preston
Reginald Denny is Richard 'Dick' Brenner
Richard 'Dick' Brenner
Frank Orth is Detective
Detective
William B. Davidson is Crole (as William Davidson)
Crole (as William Davidson)
Wonderful Smith is Wonderful
Pat O'Malley is Petie Stuyvesant (as J. Patrick O'Malley)
Petie Stuyvesant (as J. Patrick O'Malley)
John Hamilton is District Attorney Stuart Drinkwater
District Attorney Stuart Drinkwater
Jill Warren is Elsie Bailey
Elsie Bailey
Milton Parsons is George Lawrin
George Lawrin
Leon Belasco is Pierre