The read
It runs a compact 1h 17m.
Synopsis
Two dumb soda jerks dream of writing radio mysteries. When they try to pitch an idea at a radio station, they end up in the middle of a real murder when the station owner is killed during a broadcast.
Ratings
IMDb7.3/10
46 audience votes
Key crew
- Erle C. KentonDirector
- Edmund JosephScreenplay
- Stanley RobertsScreenplay
- John GrantScreenplay
Cast
- Bud AbbottChick Larkin
- Lou CostelloMervin Q. Milgrim
- Patric KnowlesJim Turner
- Louise AllbrittonJane Little
- Mary WickesJuliet Collins
- William GarganDetective Inspector Lou
- William BendixDetective Sgt. Brannigan
- Thomas GomezCol. J.R. Andrews
- Ludwig StösselDr. Anton Marek
- Edmund MacDonald'Murder at Midnight' Announcer
- Jerome CowanHeller
- Walter Tetley'Shorty', a studio pageboy
Stills
Themes
murderradio programblack and white