Directed by:
Busby BerkeleyCast:
Franchot Tone, Ann Sothern, Ruth Hussey, Lee Bowman, Allyn Joslyn, John Miljan, Mary Beth Hughes, Cliff Clark, Granville Bates, Phillip Terry, James Flavin (more)Plots(1)
Joel and Garda Sloane, a husband and wife sleuthing duo, sell rare books in New York and dream of taking a vacation to escape the sweltering heat of the city. Joel decides to take Garda to Seaside City, where his pal, Mike Stevens, is managing a popular beauty pageant. In addition to his vacation plans, Joel, who has invested $10,000 in the pageant, plans to supervise the financial developments of the event and "keep an eye on" the contestants. Soon after arriving in Seaside City, Joel discovers that Eric Bartell, the unscrupulous promoter of the pageant, is duping Stevens. When Joel is made a beauty judge by Stevens, Garda balks at the appointment, especially when her husband begins to socialize with the contestants in the days prior to the pageant. Joel senses trouble when New York racketeer Ed Connors arrives to monitor Bartell's activities, and when Lily Cole, Bartell's publicity director, lashes out at contestant Jerry Lawrence for vying with her for Bartell's attentions (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Rube Demarest
USA
Constantin Bakaleinikoff
Russian Empire
Gladys Blake
USA
Best movies:
To Each His Own (1946)
Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940)
You Can't Take It with You (1938)
Frank Orth
USA
Best movies:
The Lost Weekend (1945)
His Girl Friday (1940)
The Ox-Bow Incident (1942)
Irene Coleman
USA
Best movies:
After the Thin Man (1936)
North West Mounted Police (1940)
Kid Galahad (1937)
Bert Roach
USA
Best movies:
Song of Love (1947)
Fury (1936)
Love Crazy (1941)
Buddy Messinger
USA
Best movies:
Modern Times (1936)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Test Pilot (1938)
Paul Newlan
USA
Best movies:
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
We're No Angels (1955)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)
Tom Herbert
USA
Best movies:
The Merry Widow (1934)
Conquest (1937)
Kitty Foyle (1940)
Bill Cartledge
USA
Best movies:
Westward the Women (1951)
Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)
Act of Violence (1948)
Will Stanton
UK
Best movies:
Fury (1936)
Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
To Each His Own (1946)
Ernie Alexander
USA
Best movies:
Edison, the Man (1940)
Fury (1936)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
Ray Turner
USA
Best movies:
Rhapsody in Blue (1945)
King Kong (1933)
The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936)
Sam Finn
Russian Empire
Best movies:
The People Against O'Hara (1951)
Anchors Aweigh (1945)
State of the Union (1948)
Claire James
USA
Best movies:
Gone with the Wind (1939)
Only the Valiant (1951)
They Drive by Night (1940)
Bernard Nedell
USA
Best movies:
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
Albuquerque (1948)
Ziegfeld Girl (1941)
Harry Brown
USA
Best movies:
Spellbound (1945)
This Gun for Hire (1942)
The Killers (1946)
Margaret Roach
USA
Best movies:
Union Pacific (1939)
Swiss Miss (1938)
A-Haunting We Will Go (1942)