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Over My Dead Body (1942 film)

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Over My Dead Body
Directed byMalcolm St. Clair
Written byEdward James
StarringMilton Berle
Mary Beth Hughes
Reginald Denny
CinematographyLucien Andriot
Edited byJ. Watson Webb Jr.
Music byCyril J. Mockridge
Emil Newman
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release dates
  • December 25, 1942 (1942-12-25) (New York City)
  • January 15, 1943 (1943-01-15) (United States)
Running time
68 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Over My Dead Body is a 1942 American film directed by Malcolm St. Clair starring Milton Berle, Mary Beth Hughes and Reginald Denny.[1][2]

Plot

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Jason Cordry (Milton Berle) is a mystery writer whose plots are so convoluted that even he cannot comprehend them, and they are often left uncompleted.

His sympathetic wife, Patricia (Mary Beth Hughes), thinks she has discovered a winning story when she overhears three men discussing plans for a criminal endeavor. Jason, willing to take a risk for a good plot, decides to confess to a murder he did not commit. He incorrectly assumes that he can easily prove his innocence once he has extracted a story from the experience. He is almost convicted of the homicide, but at the last moment he is exonerated.[3]

Cast

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Notes

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  1. ^ Dwyer, 1996 p. 234-235: Filmography
  2. ^ "Over My Dead Body". afi.com. Retrieved 2024-02-25.
  3. ^ Dwyer, 1996 p. 234-235: Filmography, plot synopsis

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