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6.8/10
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A fun-loving young woman is murdered after trading bedrooms with her wealthy friend. Her ghost seeks aid from Topper to find the murderer.A fun-loving young woman is murdered after trading bedrooms with her wealthy friend. Her ghost seeks aid from Topper to find the murderer.A fun-loving young woman is murdered after trading bedrooms with her wealthy friend. Her ghost seeks aid from Topper to find the murderer.
- Nominated for 2 Oscars
- 2 nominations total
Eddy Chandler
- Jim - Police Sergeant
- (uncredited)
George Lloyd
- Boat Captain
- (uncredited)
William H. O'Brien
- Second Butler
- (uncredited)
Slicker the Seal
- Slicker the Seal
- (uncredited)
Brick Sullivan
- Darryl - Police Officer
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaIn the film, Eddie (played by Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson) says that he's going back to "Mr. Benny." The reference is to Jack Benny, on whose radio and television programs Anderson played Rochester, Jack Benny's driver. This would imply that the character actually IS Rochester, but evidently they couldn't legally use that name, so they use his real name instead.
- GoofsWhen an interrogated suspect is about to reveal something crucial, the lights go out, leaving the room in complete darkness. This shouldn't be since there's a fire burning in a large fireplace nearby.
- Quotes
Eddie, the Chauffeur: Doors closing by themselves. People talkin' to nuthin' and gettin' answers. I'm going back.
Clara Topper: Back where?
Eddie, the Chauffeur: To Mr. Benny. Ain't nuthin' like this ever happened there.
- ConnectionsEdited into Your Afternoon Movie: Topper Returns (2022)
Featured review
Very Clever
I often watch films like this with a real sense of detachment. It isn't that I don't enjoy them; it's that they seem dated and irrelevant to me. The cast of this film doesn't let that happen. First of all, everything is played tongue-in-cheek. Except for the bad guys, who are themselves parodies of humorlessness and the leading lady, everyone is a viable character. From Topper to his wife (Billie Burke, the good witch in "The Wizard of Oz; she is wonderful as the flighty matriarch); from Joan Blondell, the ghost, seeking the reason for her death; to Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, who actually makes a reference to working for Mr. Bennyand keeps finding himself falling down a well where there is a sea lion; to the terrific slow burns of the police detective. It all works wonderfully. I know it's not one of the great comedies of the century, but I laughed out loud several times, even though I was watching alone. This is a delight and not to be missed.
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- Hitchcoc
- Oct 25, 2006
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Details
- Runtime1 hour 28 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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