A husband and wife team who are in rare books and are skillful at recovering stolen volumes for insurance companies become involved in the murder of a fence.A husband and wife team who are in rare books and are skillful at recovering stolen volumes for insurance companies become involved in the murder of a fence.A husband and wife team who are in rare books and are skillful at recovering stolen volumes for insurance companies become involved in the murder of a fence.
- Arnold Stamper
- (as Douglas Dumbrille)
- Danny Scolado
- (as Horace MacMahon)
- MacMillen's Secretary
- (uncredited)
- Safe Expert
- (uncredited)
- Maitre d'
- (uncredited)
- Assistant Dist. Atty. Byers
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe three films of the "Fast Series" were produced by Metro because exhibitors were clamoring for more movies from the Thin Man Series. The "Fast" films were intended to fill that gap.
- GoofsThere's a film editing error when Joel (Melvyn Douglas) wakes tied up after being kidnapped, and says, "Oh, what happened to my head?" Terison (Nat Pendleton) is playing cards. He stops playing, looks up and starts to answer. There's a cut and Pendleton stops playing (again), looks up, and answers.
- Quotes
Lt. James Flanner: [to Joel] Langner tells me that you've worked on some cases of stolen books... that you've helped the insurance companies quite a bit.
Steve Langner: Any favors he does we pay him for. There's not an altruistic bone in his body.
Garda Sloane: Anything you want to know about my husband's bones, Lieutenant, you can ask me.
- ConnectionsFollowed by Fast and Loose (1939)
The introduction of the rapid-fire couple is the bee's knees. The introduction of the case is a bit clunky. It would be better to leave more of the case hidden. It needs more from Ned Morgan. It needs to show him with Leah. This is a showcase for the investigative couple's rat-a-tat-tat banter. Melvyn Douglas is perfect and Florence Rice has good chemistry with him. It only makes the constant recasting of the duo all the more head-scratching. The point should be to make this couple iconic but that's almost impossible if they keep changing the actors.
- SnoopyStyle
- Aug 4, 2019
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- Also known as
- The Rare Book Murder
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- Runtime1 hour 15 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1