Over My Dead Body

Over My Dead Body

68 mins | Comedy, Mystery | Jan. 15, 1942

Berle plays a mystery writer who forever writes himself into corners and is never able to finish a story. While visiting his wife (Mary Beth Hughes) at the office where she works, Berle overhears several men discussing the suicide of a coworker. Struck with a brilliant notion, Berle decides to confess to the murder of the dead man, certain that he'll be able to wriggle out of the situation and thereby have plenty of material for a story.

Over My Dead Body

68 mins | Comedy, Mystery | Jan. 15, 1942

Over My Dead Body
Berle plays a mystery writer who forever writes himself into corners and is never able to finish a story. While visiting his wife (Mary Beth Hughes) at the office where she works, Berle overhears several men discussing the suicide of a coworker. Struck with a brilliant notion, Berle decides to confess to the murder of the dead man, certain that he'll be able to wriggle out of the situation and thereby have plenty of material for a story.
Producers 20th Century Fox
Original title Over My Dead Body
Directors Malcolm St. Clair
Writers Edward James, James O'Hanlon

Cast

Milton Berle

as Jason Cordry

Mary Beth Hughes

as Patricia Cordry aka Pat Preston

Reginald Denny

as Richard 'Dick' Brenner

Frank Orth

as Detective

William B. Davidson

as Crole (as William Davidson)

Wonderful Smith

as Wonderful

Pat O'Malley

as Petie Stuyvesant (as J. Patrick O'Malley)

John Hamilton

as District Attorney Stuart Drinkwater

Jill Warren

as Elsie Bailey

Milton Parsons

as George Lawrin

Leon Belasco

as Pierre

Charles Trowbridge

as Honest Tom Mardley

Lon McCallister

as Jimmie

Cyril Ring

as Court Clerk

Edwin August

as Bailiff

Emory Parnell

as Police Capt. Grady

Edward Gargan

as Police Sergeant

Don Dillaway

as Reporter

George Riley

as Reporter

George Beranger

as Salesman

Frances Morris

as Reporter

John Dilson

as Editor

Joseph J. Weston

as Editor

Sig Arno

as Professor

Sam Wren

as Professor

Dave Willock

as Sailor

Joe Kirk

as Sailor

Ann E. Todd

as Tailor's Little Girl

Leon Tyler

as Tailor's Little Boy

Fred Aldrich

as Joe, 1st Arresting Policeman

Ralph Brooks

as Juror

Jack Chefe

as Man in Montage

Heinie Conklin

as Juror

Mike Donovan

as Juror

Bess Flowers

as Courtroom Spectator

Chuck Hamilton

as Policeman

Sam Harris

as Street Extra

Eddie Kane

as Man in Employment Office

George Magrill

as 2nd Arresting Policeman

Harold Miller

as Courtroom Extra

Bert Moorhouse

as Car Dealer in Montage