Super-Sleuth

Super-Sleuth

70 mins | Comedy, Mystery | July 16, 1937

A movie actor playing a detective gets carried away with his role and starts trying to solve real-life crimes.

Super-Sleuth

70 mins | Comedy, Mystery | July 16, 1937

Super-Sleuth
A movie actor playing a detective gets carried away with his role and starts trying to solve real-life crimes.
IMDb rating 5.7
Producers RKO Radio Pictures, Edward Small Productions
Original title Super-Sleuth
Directors Benjamin Stoloff
Writers Gertrude Purcell, Ernest Pagano, Harry Segall

Cast

Jack Oakie

as Bill Martin

Ann Sothern

as Mary Strand

Eduardo Ciannelli

as Professor Herman

Alan Bruce

as Larry Frank, a movie stand-in

Edgar Kennedy

as Police Lt. Garrison

Joan Woodbury

as Doris Duane, a film actress

Bradley Page

as Ralph Waring

Paul Guilfoyle

as Gibbons, a film director

Willie Best

as Warts, Martin's manservant

William Corson

as Beckett

Alec Craig

as Eddie - Doorman

Paul Hurst

as Motorcycle Cop

George Rosener

as Policeman

Ann Hovey

as Script Girl

Marie Marks

as Hair Dresser

Al Klein

as Cameraman

Fred Kelsey

as Jailer

Philip Morris

as Sullivan

Dick Rush

as Grimes

Wally Albright

as Child movie fan

Bobby Barber

as Photographer

Bud Jamison

as Man whose beard catches fire

Leona Roberts

as Mrs. Abbington

Ronald R. Rondell

as Nightclub headwaiter

Richard Lane

as Barker