Fast and Furious (1939 film)
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| Directed by | Busby Berkeley John E. Burch (assistant) |
| Produced by | Frederick Stephani |
| Written by | Harry Kurnitz |
| Starring | Franchot Tone Ann Sothern |
| Music by | Daniele Amfitheatrof C. Bakaleinikoff |
| Cinematography | Ray June |
| Edited by | Elmo Veron |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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73 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Fast and Furious is a 1939 mystery comedy film directed by Busby Berkeley. The film stars Franchot Tone and Ann Sothern as Joel and Garda Sloane, a crime-solving married couple who are also rare book dealers. It is the last of a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer trilogy, along with Fast Company (1938) and Fast and Loose (1939). However, different actors played the couple each time.
Plot
Joel Sloane (Tone) is trying to find a murderer at a seaside beauty contest. His friend Ted Bentley (Joslyn) is jailed, and Sloane attempts to clear Bentley's name when there is a second murder. Sloane has also been named a judge in the beauty pageant and Garda his wife (Sothern) is not too happy about it. Clues emerge, narrow escapes are achieved, and the murderer is eventually unmasked.[1]
Critical reception
- TV Guide noted "an entertaining comedy/mystery" [1]
- The New York Times wrote, " the faintest shadow of "The Thin Man"—and of two collateral predecessors—is being cast by the little mystery-comedy, now at Loew's Criterion...Metro seems to be stretching an original idea to infinity—a suspicion which is practically confirmed by the plot...It is a perfect specimen of unoriginal attenuation...A couple of murders, a couple of limp comedy situations and an interminable lot of chasing about leading nowhere. Mr. Tone and Miss Sothern banter through it in the manner of third-string substitutes who know that the game is hopelessly lost." [2]
References
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External links
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). Fast and Furious at IMDb
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