The read
It runs a compact 1h 15m.
Synopsis
Faith and Hope Banner, sisters, are "convention hostesses" in a hotel. A body is discovered next door as the magician's convention is leaving and the mortician's convention is arriving, and the sisters, with help from manager Wilburforce Puddle, try to hide it. Complicating matters, Hope's boyfriend, Tommy, is a newspaper reporter in the hotel covering some labor negotiations.
Ratings
IMDb6.4/10
4 audience votes
Key crew
- Leigh JasonDirector
- Richard CarrollScreenplay
Cast
- Joan BlondellHope Banner
- Binnie BarnesFaith Banner
- Janet BlairCharity Banner
- Robert BenchleyWilburforce Puddle, hotel manager
- John HowardTommy Hopkins
- Hugh O'ConnellChief of Police
- Frank McGlynn Sr.Josephus Wiegal, senior mortician
- Eric BloreCharlemagne, looking for Charlie
- Paul HarveyFred Chambers, editor
- Una O'ConnorMaggie O'Callahan, scrubwoman
- Almira SessionsTessie Conarchy, scrubwoman
- Dorothy VaughanMrs. McDougall, scrubwoman