The Amazing Mr. Williams

The Amazing Mr. Williams

80 mins | Drama, Comedy, Mystery | Nov. 22, 1939

Kenny Williams, a lieutenant on the homicide squad, is engaged to Maxine Carroll, the Mayor's secretary. Or isn't he rather married with his job? For each time he has a date with his longtime fiancée, he is prevented from keeping it by his devotion to duty. Maxine, in desperation, decides to take action and bring Kenny to the altar. Who will win, Maxine's curves or the glorious fight against crime?

The Amazing Mr. Williams

80 mins | Drama, Comedy, Mystery | Nov. 22, 1939

The Amazing Mr. Williams
Kenny Williams, a lieutenant on the homicide squad, is engaged to Maxine Carroll, the Mayor's secretary. Or isn't he rather married with his job? For each time he has a date with his longtime fiancée, he is prevented from keeping it by his devotion to duty. Maxine, in desperation, decides to take action and bring Kenny to the altar. Who will win, Maxine's curves or the glorious fight against crime?
IMDb rating 6.6
Producers Columbia Pictures
Original title The Amazing Mr. Williams
Directors Arthur S. Black Jr., Seymour Friedman, Alexander Hall
Writers Sy Bartlett, Dwight Taylor, Richard Maibaum

Cast

Melvyn Douglas

as Kenny Williams

Joan Blondell

as Maxine Carroll

Clarence Kolb

as Captain McGovern

Ruth Donnelly

as Effie Perkins

Edward Brophy

as Buck Moseby

Donald MacBride

as Lieutenant Bixler

Don Beddoe

as Detective Deever

Jonathan Hale

as Mayor

John Wray

as Stanley

Jane Barnes

as Wedding Guest (uncredited)

Julie Bishop

as Face of 7th Victim in Newspaper Photo (uncredited)

Lela Bliss

as Citizens Committee Woman (uncredited)

Maurice Cass

as Little Man (uncredited)

Jimmy Conlin

as Master of Ceremonies (uncredited)

Dick Curtis

as Joe (uncredited)

Eddie Dunn

as Race Track Spectator (uncredited)

Maude Eburne

as Landlady (uncredited)

Sarah Edwards

as Citizens Committee Woman (uncredited)

Dick Elliott

as Druggist (uncredited)

Lorna Gray

as Nurse (uncredited)

Richard Lane

as Reagan (uncredited)

Robert Middlemass

as Police Commissioner (uncredited)

Walter Miller

as Browning (uncredited)

Sally Payne

as Jean - Wedding Guest (uncredited)

Barbara Pepper

as Muriel - Wedding Guest (uncredited)

Ralph Peters

as Joe - Tobacco Store Proprietor (uncredited)

Virginia Sale

as Miss Mason - Schoolteacher (uncredited)

Walter Sande

as Police Stenographer (uncredited)

Harry Semels

as Race Track Spectator (uncredited)

Peggy Shannon

as Kitty (uncredited)

Wyndham Standing

as Elevator Passenger (uncredited)

Robert Sterling

as Elevator Boy (uncredited)

Anthony Warde

as Bouncer (uncredited)

E. Alyn Warren

as Clerk (uncredited)

Dave Willock

as Bellboy (uncredited)