Over My Dead Body

Year: 1942

Runtime: 68 mins

Language: English

Director: Malcolm St. Clair

MysteryComedy

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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