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Charlie McCarthy, Detective (1939)

Charlie McCarthy, Detective

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1h 5m

Comedy, Crime, Family, Musicals, Mystery, Romance

December 22nd, 1939

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Scotty Hamilton is a reporter who works for a crooked editor. Bill Banning is another reporter who is about to expose the editor's ties to the mob. When the editor is killed, both reporter Banning and mobster Tony Garcia are suspected.

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Cast

Edgar Bergen
Edgar Bergen
Charlie McCarthy
Charlie McCarthy
Mortimer Snerd
Mortimer Snerd
Robert Cummings
Scotty Hamilton
Constance Moore
Sheila Stuart
John Sutton
Bill Banning
Louis Calhern
Arthur Aldrich
Edgar Kennedy
Inspector Dailey
Samuel S. Hinds
Court Aldrich
Harold Huber
Tony Garcia
Full cast & crew

Directors

Frank Tuttle
Full cast & crew

Producers

Jerry Sackheim
associate producer
Frank Tuttle
producer
Full cast & crew

Writers

Edward Eliscu
screenplay
Richard Mack
screenplay
Harold Shumate
screenplay
Full cast & crew

Taglines

Christmas Comes Three Days Earlier This Year!
"PUDDINHEAD WILSON HAD NOTHING ON WOODENHEAD" (Print Ad-Daily Argus, ((Mount Vernon, NY)) 23 March 1940)
The Most Terrific Trio on Screen, Stage, Air...or Anywhere! (Print Ad-New Oxford Item, ((New Oxford, Penna.)) 21 March 1940)

Keywords

three word title
character name as title
ventriloquist
All Keywords

Country of Origin

United States of America

Languages

English

Release Dates

June 6th, 1940 (Australia)
May 30th, 1941 (Mexico)
June 7th, 1940 (Sweden)
All Release Dates

Alternative Titles

Charlie McCarthy, Detective (original title)
Charlie McCarthy detective (Mexico)
Mästerdetektiven Charlie McCarthy (Sweden)
All Alternative Titles

Locations

Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA

Running Times

65 min
75 min

Sound Mixes

Mono

Aspect Ratios

1.37 : 1

Production Companies

Universal Pictures (Afghanistan)

Distribution Companies

Empire Universal Films (Canada)
Universal Film (Sweden)
General Film Distributors (GFD) (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
All Distribution Companies

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