Over My Dead Body is a 1942 American mystery film directed by Malcolm St. Clair starring Milton Berle, Mary Beth Hughes and Reginald Denny.Dwyer, 1996 p. 234-235: Filmography
Plot Jason Cordry (Milton Berle) is a mystery writer whose plots are so convoluted that even he cannot comprehend them, and they are often left uncompleted.
His sympathetic wife, Patricia (Mary Beth Hughes), thinks she has discovered a winning story when she overhears three men discussing plans for a criminal endeavor. Jason, willing to take a risk for a good plot, decides to confess to a murder he did not commit. He incorrectly assumes that he can easily prove his innocence once he has extracted a story from the experience. He is almost convicted of the homicide, but at the last moment he is exonerated.Dwyer, 1996 p. 234-235: Filmography, plot synopsis
Cast Milton Berle as Jason Cordry Mary Beth Hughes as Patricia Cordry Reginald Denny as Richard 'Dick' Brenner Frank Orth as Detective William B. Davidson as Crole Wonderful Smith as Wonderful J.Pat O'Malley as Petie Stuyvesant Emory Parnell as Police Capt. Grady
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References Dwyer, Ruth Anne. 1996. Malcolm St. Clair: His Films, 1915-1948. The Scarecrow Press, Lantham, Md., and London.
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