Private Detective 62
"It's a pleasure to have your home wrecked by a man like him."
Synopsis
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.
Principal Cast8

William Powell
Donald Free

Margaret Lindsay
Janet Reynolds

Arthur Hohl
Dan Hogan

Ruth Donnelly
Amy Moran

Gordon Westcott
Tony Bandor

Natalie Moorhead
Helen Burns

James Bell
Whitey

Hobart Cavanaugh
Harcourt S. Burns
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Director

Michael Curtiz
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Reviews1
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 the 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.
Dec 3, 2022



























