Starring Patric Knowles, Ann Sheridan, Eric Stanley, John Ridgely, Rosella Towne
Directed by Bobby Connolly & Crane Wilbur
(actor & director credits courtesy IMDB.com)
Private detective Lance O'Leary, after a nervous breakdown, ends up in a hospital, where he's soon pressed into service after a man is murdered for a fortune in radium.
Knowles headlines this murder mystery from Warner Brothers, paired with Sheridan as the sarcastic nurse determined to give him a hard time, although she loves him as well. There's a good supporting cast, with Stanley as Knowles' manservant, Charles Trowbridge as one of the chief doctors, and Ralph Sanford as the typical ornery cigar-chomping police detective. The script has a solid plot behind it, setting up plenty of suspects, but there's lots of comic relief as well, with Knowles constantly poking fun at Sanford, and Sheridan giving Knowles the business just as much. I enjoyed the film, and was glad to see the studio did follow through with a sequel with Sheridan, Mystery House, although Knowles was replaced in the lead.
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