This was a superb screwball comedy. And how many films enthrall one from the beginning, with Joan Blondell ordering drinks waiting for her detective husband played by Melvyn Douglas to appear. The film also has a fine closure, reversing gender roles.
In addition to those two stars it was great to see Clarence Kolb say "You're fired!" to someone other than Vern Albright in the My Little Margie Series. Kolb of course was well known as Honeywell at the Honeywell & Todd company where Albright worked.
The script was witty throughout with one scene stretching credulity where Douglas as the detective takes a criminal on a double date with him instead of to prison as intended.
It's possible that this film would be better known if the director was more famous. But I doubt if the average person knows who Alexander Hall is, though he won an Oscar nod for Best Director for Here Comes Mr. Jordan. His two other films that many might recognize include My Sister Eileen and one film starring Mario Lanza, Because You're Mine.
In addition to those two stars it was great to see Clarence Kolb say "You're fired!" to someone other than Vern Albright in the My Little Margie Series. Kolb of course was well known as Honeywell at the Honeywell & Todd company where Albright worked.
The script was witty throughout with one scene stretching credulity where Douglas as the detective takes a criminal on a double date with him instead of to prison as intended.
It's possible that this film would be better known if the director was more famous. But I doubt if the average person knows who Alexander Hall is, though he won an Oscar nod for Best Director for Here Comes Mr. Jordan. His two other films that many might recognize include My Sister Eileen and one film starring Mario Lanza, Because You're Mine.