Fast and Furious
Comedy
Crime
Mystery
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.
1939-10-06
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Cast
Director
Busby Berkeley
Franchot Tone as Joel Sloane
Ann Sothern as Garda Sloane
Ruth Hussey as Lily Cole
Lee Bowman as Mike Stevens
Allyn Joslyn as Ted Bentley
John Miljan as Eric Bartell
Bernard Nedell as Ed Connors
Mary Beth Hughes as Jerry Lawrence
Cliff Clark as Sam Travers
James Burke as Clancy
Frank Orth as Captain Joe Burke
Gladys Blake as Miss Brooklyn
Granville Bates as Chief Miller
C. Bakaleinikoff as Orchestra Leader (uncredited)
Mel Blanc as Hiccups (voice) (uncredited)
Sidney Bracey as Night Clerk (uncredited)
Lester Dorr as Day Clerk (uncredited)
James Flavin as Policeman Guarding Entrance (uncredited)
Eddie Gribbon as Hennessy, a Policeman (uncredited)
Edward Hearn as Turnkey (uncredited)
Claire James as Gladys, Miss Grand Rapids (uncredited)
Buddy Messinger as First Elevator Boy (uncredited)
Harold Minjir as Director of Pageant (uncredited)
Paul Newlan as Angry Room Service Giant (uncredited)
Bert Roach as Bartender (uncredited)
Will Stanton as Waiter (uncredited)
Charles Sullivan as Connors' Henchman (uncredited)
William Tannen as Radio Announcer (uncredited)
Phillip Terry as Master of Ceremonies (uncredited)
Ray Turner as Porter (uncredited)
Joe Yule as One of the Actors (uncredited)
William Irving as (uncredited)
Irene Coleman as (uncredited)