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Over My Dead Body (1942) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1942 · 68 mins · English
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- Directed by
- Malcolm St. Clair
- Starring
- Ann E. Todd, Reginald Denny, William B. Davidson, Edwin August, Milton Berle, Charles Trowbridge
Berle plays a mystery writer who constantly traps himself in impossible situations and never manages to finish a story. While visiting his wife (Mary Beth Hughes) at her office, he overhears coworkers discussing a colleague’s suicide. Seeing a plot opportunity, he falsely confesses to the murder, hoping to wriggle out of trouble and harvest material for his next novel.
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