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No Hands on the Clock (1941)

NR 12/01/1941 Crime, Drama 1h 16m
49%
User
Score
6.0/10

MYSTERY...MADNESS...MURDER!

Overview

A wise-cracking private detective's honeymoon is interrupted by a kidnapping case.

Maxwell Shane

Screenplay

Frank McDonald

Director

Top Billed Cast

Chester Morris

Chester Morris

Detective Humphrey Campbell

Jean Parker

Jean Parker

Mrs. Louise Campbell

Rose Hobart

Rose Hobart

Mrs. Marion West

Dick Purcell

Dick Purcell

Red Harris

Astrid Allwyn

Astrid Allwyn

Gypsy Toland

Rod Cameron

Rod Cameron

Tom Reed

Lorin Raker

Lorin Raker

Clyde Copley

Billie Seward

Billie Seward

Rose Madden

George Watts

George Watts

Oscar Flack

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A review by CinemaSerf

Written on June 25, 2022

Chester Morris tries hard with this, but ultimately it's all just a bit too same-old. He is a PI who is despatched by his boss to Reno in Nevada with his brand spanking new wife "Louise" (Jean Parker) where he is supposed to track down a missing gent. Drinking only milk (wife hates the stuff) we now enjoy a series of light hearted escapades as they come across all and sundry - savoury and otherwise - on their hunt. To be fair, the writing doesn't let the thing hang about - but the constant banter between the couple becomes grating after a while, and there is something just a little to far fetched about the manner in which they get involved then extricate themselves from their dodgy scenarios. I like Morris' genial style of acting: laid back, charming, quick witted and this pair have a cert...

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