Over My Dead Body (1942)
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.
- Released
- 1942-01-15
- Genres
- Mystery, Comedy
- Runtime
- 68 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Malcolm St. Clair, Edward James
- TMDB rating
- 8.0/10 from 1 votes
Cast
- Milton Berle as Jason Cordry
- Mary Beth Hughes as Patricia Cordry aka Pat Preston
- Reginald Denny as Richard 'Dick' Brenner
- Frank Orth as Detective
- William B. Davidson as Crole (as William Davidson)
- Wonderful Smith as Wonderful
- Pat O'Malley as Petie Stuyvesant (as J. Patrick O'Malley)
- George M. Carleton as Judge
- John Hamilton as District Attorney Stuart Drinkwater
- Jill Warren as Elsie Bailey
- Milton Parsons as George Lawrin
- Leon Belasco as Pierre
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