- Country: USA
- Genres: Comedy, Crime, Drama
- Release: 1933-06-10
- Director: Michael Curtiz
- Writers: Rian James , Raoul Whitfield
- Language: English | French
- Stars: William Powell (I) (1892–1984) , Margaret Lindsay (I) (1910–1981) , Ruth Donnelly , Gordon Westcott (1903–1935) , Arthur Hohl , Natalie Moorhead , James Bell , Hobart Cavanaugh , Irving Bacon , Joan Barclay
- Runtime: 66 min
- Awards: N/A
- AKA: Prywatny detektyw 62 (Poland) , Private Detective 62 (United States of America) , Частный детектив N. 62 , Der Detektiv und die Spielerin (Germany) , Quando a Sorte Sorri (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Privatdetektiv 62 (Sweden) , Private Detective 62 (United Kingdom) , Private Detective (United States of America) , Man Killer (United States of America) , Private Detective 62 , Quando a Sorte Sorri (Brazil)
- Plot: A discredited diplomat accidentally finds work with a seedy private detective. The diplomat's ethics later bump up against the detective's illegal methods after their new partnership is financed by a local gambler. When the gambler ends up losing a lot of money to a good-looking socialite lady, the seedy detective is hired by the gambler to frame the lucky lady. He puts his new partner on the case but the ex-diplomat finds out that the lady is a lady, and falls in love. When the frame fails to materialize the detective and gambler fake a scene when the lady is paid off and attacked by the gambler. She shoots him with a fixed gun and runs. Right away, a hood shoots the gambler at the order of the detective and he gets two birds with one bullet...out from his partnership with the gambler (taking over his club and money) and a future blackmail on the lady. But the diplomat partner gets in the way and, by playing a good detective, finds the hood and the evidence to clear the lady and get his former seedy partner arrested. Good exteriors for 1933 and fashions. The detective's secretary is long-time character actress Ruth Donnelly who was Ingrid Bergman's close nun-buddy in "The Bells of St. Mary's." This is an early William Powell, a year before his "Thin Man" fame.
- IMDB:tt0024471
Private Detective 62 Cast · · · ALL
Michael Curtiz
Director
William Powell
(I)
(1892–1984)
Donald Free
Margaret Lindsay
(I)
(1910–1981)
Janet Reynolds
Arthur Hohl
Dan Hogan
Ruth Donnelly
Amy Moran
Gordon Westcott
(1903–1935)
Tony Bandor
Natalie Moorhead
Helen Burns
James Bell
Whitey
Hobart Cavanaugh
Harcourt S. Burns
Irving Bacon
Cab Driver
Arthur Byron
Tracey (Uncredited)
Heinie Conklin
Bartender (Uncredited)
Eddie Dunn
Club Doorman (Uncredited)
Charles Lane
Process Server (Uncredited)
Eddie Phillips
Mrs. Wright's Paramour (Uncredited)
Georges Renavent
Ship's Captain Henri LaFarge (Uncredited)
Sheila Terry
Mrs. Wright (Uncredited)
Charles C. Wilson
Club Bartender (Uncredited)
Toby Wing
Free's Lady Friend (Uncredited)
Joan Barclay
Gambler (Uncredited)
Bill Elliott
Man at Roulette Table (Uncredited)
Theresa Harris
Janet's Maid (Uncredited)
Ann Hovey
Rose (Uncredited)
Rolfe Sedan
Casino Man (Uncredited)
Harry Seymour
Gambler (Uncredited)
Joan Standing
Client with Free (Uncredited)