No Hands on the Clock
"MYSTERY...MADNESS...MURDER!"
A wise-cracking private detective's honeymoon is interrupted by a kidnapping case.
Top Cast
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Chester Morris
Detective Humphrey Campbell
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Jean Parker
Mrs. Louise Campbell
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Rose Hobart
Mrs. Marion West
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Dick Purcell
Red Harris
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Astrid Allwyn
Gypsy Toland
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Rod Cameron
Tom Reed
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Lorin Raker
Clyde Copley
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Billie Seward
Rose Madden
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George Watts
Oscar Flack
Overview
A wise-cracking private detective's honeymoon is interrupted by a kidnapping case.
Rating
5.6
/ 10
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1 Reviews
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CinemaSerf5 Jun 25, 2022Chester Morris tries hard with this, but ultimately it's all just a bit too same-old. He is a PI who is despatched by his boss to Reno in Nevada with his brand spanking new wife "Louise" (Jean Parker) where he is supposed to track down a missing gent. Drinking only milk (wife hates the stuff) we now enjoy a series of light hearted escapades as they come across all and sundry - savoury and otherwise - on their hunt. To be fair, the writing doesn't let the thing hang about - but the constant banter between the couple becomes grating after a while, and there is something just a little to far fetched about the manner in which they get involved then extricate themselves from their dodgy scenarios. I like Morris' genial style of acting: laid back, charming, quick witted and this pair have a certain palpable chemistry as they made quite a few films together, but this one did very little for me, sorry.
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