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Private Detective 62
It's a pleasure to have your home wrecked by a man like him.
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A former government agent in France, who has failed at an assignment and been disavowed, is deported back to the USA, where he can only find work at a low-rent detective agency. He soon gets involved with a woman with ties to a crooked gambling club owner, who is a client of his agency.
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Directed by Michael Curtiz
William PowellDonald Free
Margaret LindsayJanet Reynolds
Arthur HohlDan Hogan
Ruth DonnellyAmy Moran
Gordon WestcottTony Bandor
Natalie MoorheadHelen Burns
James BellWhitey
Hobart CavanaughHarcourt S. Burns
Irving BaconCab Driver
Arthur ByronTracey (Uncredited)
Heinie ConklinBartender (Uncredited)
Eddie DunnClub Doorman (Uncredited)Videos
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CinemaSerfDec 3, 2022
They used to say that in the end, Samuel Goldwyn couldn't get arrested in Hollywood. Well the same is true here for "Donald Free" (William Powell). His government career went down in flames and now he can't get a job for love nor money. Until, that is, he alights on the dodgy "Peerless" detective agency where he is charged with a frame-up of "Janet" (Margaret Lindsay) who has fallen foul of a gambler who is the man behind the cheques at his new employer. What nobody (except t… Read more
he audience, that is) predicts though, is that the two will begin to fall for each other and his task becomes not only more difficult, but downright perilous. It's quite a fun, and quirkily plotted, thriller this with a degree of chemistry on screen and just enough wriggle-room with the story to keep it interesting for an hour. By now the studio was quite adept at eking out the budget and the aesthetic of the film works quite well too, before a lively ending that offers no surprises but entertains well enough for a standard, afternoon B-feature.