Nine Lives Are Not Enough

1941 film by A. Edward Sutherland
  • September 20, 1941 (1941-09-20)
Running time
63 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish

Nine Lives Are Not Enough is a 1941 American comedy mystery film directed by A. Edward Sutherland and starring Ronald Reagan, Joan Perry and James Gleason.[1] The film was produced and released by Warner Bros.[2][3] It is based on the 1940 novel Nine Lives Are Not Enough by Jerome Odlum.[4]

Plot

A reporter tries to solve a series of boarding house murders. The dramatic main plot murder action is intermixed with farce and slapstick comedic elements.

Cast

  • Ronald Reagan as Matt Sawyer
  • Joan Perry as Jane Abbott
  • James Gleason as Sgt. Sam Daniels
  • Howard Da Silva as J.B. Murray, City Editor
  • Faye Emerson as Rose Chadwick
  • Edward Brophy as Officer Slattery
  • Peter Whitney as Roy
  • Charles Drake as 'Snappy' Lucas
  • Vera Lewis as Mrs. Slocum
  • Ben Welden as Moxie Karper
  • Howard C. Hickman as Colonel Andrews
  • Cliff Clark as Lieutenant Buckley
  • Tom Stevenson as Charles
  • Paul Phillips as Hot-Foot
  • Joseph Crehan as Yates
  • John Maxwell as Gillis

References

  1. ^ Fetrow p.343
  2. ^ "Nine Lives Are Not Enough (1941) - Overview". TCM.com. Retrieved 2015-05-08.
  3. ^ "Nine Lives Are Not Enough". Afi.com. Retrieved 2015-05-08.
  4. ^ Vaughn p.255

Bibliography

  • Fetrow, Alan G. Feature Films, 1940-1949: a United States Filmography. McFarland, 1994.
  • Vaughn, Stephen. Ronald Reagan in Hollywood: Movies and Politics. Cambridge University Press, 1994.

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