The Amazing Mr. Williams
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The Amazing Mr. Williams | |
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Directed by | Alexander Hall |
Written by | Dwight Taylor Sy Bartlett Richard Maibaum |
Story by | Sy Bartlett |
Produced by | Everett Riskin |
Starring | Melvyn Douglas Joan Blondell |
Cinematography | Arthur L. Todd |
Edited by | Viola Lawrence |
Music by | Felix Mills (uncredited) |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
The Amazing Mr. Williams is a 1939 screwball comedy directed by Alexander Hall and starring Melvyn Douglas as a police lieutenant who is too busy solving crimes to spend much time with his frustrated fiancée, played by Joan Blondell. Kenny Williams, a lieutenant on the homicide squad, is engaged to Maxine Carroll, the Mayor's secretary. Or isn't he rather married with his job? For each time he has a date with his longtime fiancée, he is prevented from keeping it by his devotion to duty. Maxine, in desperation, decides to take action and bring Kenny to the altar. Who will win, Maxine's curves or the glorious fight against crime?
Cast[]
- Melvyn Douglas as Kenny Williams
- Joan Blondell as Maxine Carroll
- Clarence Kolb as Captain McGovern
- Ruth Donnelly as Effie
- Edward Brophy as Buck Moseby (as Edward S. Brophy)
- Donald MacBride as Lieutenant Bixler
- Don Beddoe as Deever
- Jonathan Hale as Mayor
- John Wray as Stanley
External links[]
- The Amazing Mr. Williams at IMDb
- The Amazing Mr. Williams at the TCM Movie Database
- The Amazing Mr. Williams at AllMovie
Categories:
- 1939 films
- English-language films
- 1930s mystery films
- 1930s romance films
- American films
- American mystery films
- American romance films
- American black-and-white films
- Columbia Pictures films
- Films directed by Alexander Hall
- American police detective films
- Films with screenplays by Richard Maibaum
- Mystery film stubs