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One Body Too Many

  • 19441944
  • ApprovedApproved
  • 1h 15m
IMDb RATING
5.4/10
1.3K
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Jack Haley and Jean Parker in One Body Too Many (1944)
ComedyHorrorMystery
An insurance investigator arrives at a creepy mansion to protect a millionaire who has had death threats made against him.An insurance investigator arrives at a creepy mansion to protect a millionaire who has had death threats made against him.An insurance investigator arrives at a creepy mansion to protect a millionaire who has had death threats made against him.
IMDb RATING
5.4/10
1.3K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
22,077
471
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Director
      • Frank McDonald
    • Writers
      • Winston Miller(original screenplay)
      • Maxwell Shane(original screenplay)
    • Stars
      • Jack Haley
      • Jean Parker
      • Bela Lugosi
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Frank McDonald
    • Writers
      • Winston Miller(original screenplay)
      • Maxwell Shane(original screenplay)
    • Stars
      • Jack Haley
      • Jean Parker
      • Bela Lugosi
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    • 43User reviews
    • 21Critic reviews
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    Jack Haley
    Jack Haley
    • Albert L. Tuttle
    Jean Parker
    Jean Parker
    • Carol Dunlap
    Bela Lugosi
    Bela Lugosi
    • Merkil
    Blanche Yurka
    Blanche Yurka
    • Matthews
    Lyle Talbot
    Lyle Talbot
    • Jim Davis
    Douglas Fowley
    Douglas Fowley
    • Henry Rutherford
    Fay Helm
    Fay Helm
    • Estelle Hopkins
    Bernard Nedell
    Bernard Nedell
    • Morton Gellman - Attorney
    Lucien Littlefield
    Lucien Littlefield
    • Kenneth Hopkins
    Dorothy Granger
    Dorothy Granger
    • Mona Rutherford
    Maxine Fife
    • Margaret Hopkins
    William Edmunds
    • Prof. Hilton
    • (uncredited)
    Lyle Latell
    Lyle Latell
    • Manager of Atlas Detective Agency
    • (uncredited)
    Ralph Peters
    Ralph Peters
    • Insurance Agent
    • (uncredited)
    Bob Reeves
    Bob Reeves
      • Director
        • Frank McDonald
      • Writers
        • Winston Miller(original screenplay)
        • Maxwell Shane(original screenplay)
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      • Trivia
        The failure of the original copyright holder to renew the film's copyright resulted in it falling into public domain, meaning that virtually anyone could duplicate and sell a VHS/DVD copy of the film. Therefore, many of the versions of this film available on the market are either severely (and usually badly) edited and/or of extremely poor quality, having been duped from second- or third-generation (or more) copies of the film.
      • Quotes

        [first lines]

        Insurance agent: [on the phone] Yeah, yeah, I know. But call me tomorrow. I gotta get outta here.

        [hangs up]

        Insurance agent: Hey, Tuttle. I got a date for you tonight. Dot's cousin just got into town and you and I...

        Albert Tuttle: I already have an engagement. I've had it for over a month: with Cyrus J. Rutherford.

      • Connections
        Referenced in Cinemassacre's Monster Madness: The Screaming Skull (2010)

      User reviews43

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      They Don't Make Then Like This Anymore...
      ...and for very good reason. Everybody has a crummy movie they are fond of for reasons that are hard to explain, and this is one of mine. Suspensers about spooky old houses, midnight readings of the will, sinister phantoms, secret panels and unexplained murders went out a long time ago. The multiply remade Cat and the Canary is the prototype, and this 1944 product of Paramount's Pine-Thomas B-unit is a good alternative. Supposedly the writers were stationed in Alaska during the service and threw this potboiler together while looking out for suspicious Eskimos. Lugosi, top-billed, is the butler with a 'rat problem". Jack Haley, the Wizard of Oz's tin woodsman is the hero, comic fraidy cat insurance agent Albert Tuttle. Jean Parker, a solid leading lady who started at MGM and slid into poverty row stuff in the 40's, is the love interest and one of the heirs. An accomplished group of supporting players keep you guessing. (There's agoldfish with a great swim-on part.) The writing is fairly snappy: the circumstances do stretch belief: the bodies pile up like laundry, but there's an inner logic of sorts to the whole thing if you can stick with it. The suspects often show up as a new murder is committed and follow Haley around like he was leading a tour, but things move right along under Frank MacDonald's efficient direction.

      Silly, old-fashioned (even for 1944), but somehow quaintly entertaining. It is nice to see Lugosi playing it fairly straight for a change.

      The Hal Roach VHS version was the best I've seen. Alpha Video's DVD print could be sharper. Anyway, check it out, even if just a reminder of what folks used to look at before television showed up.
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      • mysterymoviegoer
      • Aug 9, 2003

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      • Release date
        • November 27, 1944 (United Kingdom)
      • Country of origin
        • United States
      • Language
        • English
      • Also known as
        • Одного тела слишком много
      • Filming locations
        • Fine Arts Studios - 4516 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
      • Production company
        • Pine-Thomas Productions
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      • Runtime
        1 hour 15 minutes
      • Color
        • Black and White
      • Aspect ratio
        • 1.37 : 1

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