The Gracie Allen Murder Case (1939)

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Country: USA
Genres: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Release: 1939-06-02
Director: Alfred E. Green
Writers: S.S. Van Dine , Nat Perrin
Language: English
Stars: Gracie Allen , Warren William , Ellen Drew , Kent Taylor , Judith Barrett (I) (1909–2000) , Donald MacBride , Jed Prouty , Jerome Cowan , H.B. Warner (1875–1958) , William Demarest
Runtime: 78 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: A Comédia de um Crime (Brazil) , Den forgiftede cigaret (Denmark) , The Gracie Allen Murder Case (United States of America) , The Gracie Allen Murder Case , Sherlock Holmes i kjolar (Sweden) , The Gracie Allen Murder Case (United Kingdom)
Plot: The zany plot follows nitwit Gracie Allen trying to help master sleuth Philo Vance solve a murder. Allen's uncle fixes her up with Bill at a company picnic. When the two go out to a nightclub that night, Gracie inadvertently links Bill to the murder of a thug after finding the dead body and Bill's cigarette case at the scene of the crime. While being questioned at the club, she meets Vance who's investigating the homicide. After Gracie's bungled attempts to solve the case, Vance decides it might be easier to have her working with him. Despite Gracie's "help," the two eventually find the real killer.
IMDB:tt0031389