Over My Dead Body (1942 film)

Over My Dead Body is a 1942 American film directed by Malcolm St. Clair starring Milton Berle, Mary Beth Hughes and Reginald Denny.

Over My Dead Body
Directed by	Malcolm St. Clair
Written by	Edward James
Starring	Milton Berle Mary Beth Hughes Reginald Denny
Cinematography	Lucien Andriot
Edited by	J. Watson Webb Jr.
Music by	Cyril J. Mockridge Emil Newman
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release dates	December 25, 1942 (1942-12-25) (New York City) January 15, 1943 (1943-01-15) (United States)
Running time	68 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot

Jason Cordry (Milton Berle) is a mystery writer whose plots are so convoluted that even he cannot comprehend them, and they are often left uncompleted.

His sympathetic wife, Patricia (Mary Beth Hughes), thinks she has discovered a winning story when she overhears three men discussing plans for a criminal endeavor. Jason, willing to take a risk for a good plot, decides to confess to a murder he did not commit. He incorrectly assumes that he can easily prove his innocence once he has extracted a story from the experience. He is almost convicted of the homicide, but at the last moment he is exonerated.

Cast

• Milton Berle as Jason Cordry
• Mary Beth Hughes as Patricia Cordry
• Reginald Denny as Richard 'Dick' Brenner
• Frank Orth as Detective
• William B. Davidson as Crole
• Wonderful Smith as Wonderful
• Pat O'Malley as Petie Stuyvesant
• Emory Parnell as Police Capt. Grady

References

• Dwyer, Ruth Anne. 1996. Malcolm St. Clair: His Films, 1915-1948. The Scarecrow Press, Lantham, Md., and London. ISBN 0-8108-2709-3

External links

• Over My Dead Body at IMDb