Strange Affair

Strange Affair

78 mins | Comedy, Mystery | Oct. 5, 1944

Eminent psychiatrist Dr. Brenner invites cartoonist Bill Harrison and his wife, Jack, to a banquet honoring war refugees. Bill volunteers to pick up fellow psychiatrist Dr. Baumler at the train station, but the man vanishes when he has Bill stop so he can use a pay phone. At the dinner, Bill and Jack are seated with Brenner's daughter, Freda, and, to Bill's surprise, another man is introduced as Baumler -- who dies moments later.

Strange Affair

78 mins | Comedy, Mystery | Oct. 5, 1944

Strange Affair
Eminent psychiatrist Dr. Brenner invites cartoonist Bill Harrison and his wife, Jack, to a banquet honoring war refugees. Bill volunteers to pick up fellow psychiatrist Dr. Baumler at the train station, but the man vanishes when he has Bill stop so he can use a pay phone. At the dinner, Bill and Jack are seated with Brenner's daughter, Freda, and, to Bill's surprise, another man is introduced as Baumler -- who dies moments later.
IMDb rating 6.1
Producers Columbia Pictures
Original title Strange Affair
Directors William Mull, Alfred E. Green
Writers Eve Greene, Jerome Odlum, Oscar Saul

Cast

Allyn Joslyn

as Bill Harrison

Evelyn Keyes

as Jacqueline "Jack" Harrison

Marguerite Chapman

as Marie Dumont Baumler

Edgar Buchanan

as Lt. Washburn

Nina Foch

as Frieda Brenner

Hugo Haas

as Domino

Shemp Howard

as Laundry Truck Driver

Frank Jenks

as Sgt. Erwin

Erwin Kalser

as Dr. Brenner

Tonio Selwart

as Leslie Carlson

John Wengraf

as Rudolph Kruger

Hugh Beaumont

as Detective Carey (Uncredited)

William Forrest

as Superintendent Reynolds (Uncredited)

Ivan Triesault

as Dr. Igor Baumler (Uncredited)

Eugene Borden

as B.M. Toman (Uncredited)

Ralph Dunn

as Mike McCafferty (Uncredited)

Lane Chandler

as Mounted Officer (Uncredited)

Kernan Cripps

as Officer in Patrol Car (Uncredited)

Edgar Dearing

as Motorcycle Officer (Uncredited)

Jack Lee

as Sampson (Uncredited)

Erik Rolf

as Johansen (Uncredited)

Arthur Space

as Mac (Uncredited)

Pauline Derby

as Girl (Uncredited)

Buddy Swan

as Newsboy (Uncredited)

James Flavin

as Bank Security Guard (Uncredited)

Reed Howes

as Bank Officer (Uncredited)

Harold Minjir

as Hat Salesman (Uncredited)

Bess Flowers

as Fashionable Woman with Great Dane (Uncredited)

Robert Emmett Keane

as Police Psychiatrist (Uncredited)

Larry Emmons

as Policeman (Uncredited)

Brian O'Hara

as Policeman (Uncredited)

Harry Semels

as Man in Police Lineup (Uncredited)

Ruth Warren

as Irate Woman at Police Lineup (Uncredited)

Edwin Stanley

as Dr. Parrish (Uncredited)

Martha Wentworth

as Proprietress (Uncredited)

Ray Teal

as Truck Driver (Uncredited)

Tom Coleman

as Taxi Driver (Uncredited)

Sam Finn

as Taxi Driver (Uncredited)

Jack Carr

as Taxi Driver (Uncredited)

John Tyrrell

as Taxi Driver (Uncredited)

James Conaty

as Nightclub Patron (Uncredited)

George Sorel

as Nightclub M.C. (Uncredited)

Florence Wix

as Nightclub Patron (Uncredited)

Kenner G. Kemp

as Nightclub Patron (Uncredited)

Dean Collins

as Jitterbug (Uncredited)

Rosemary Wilson

as Jitterbug (Uncredited)