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Nine Lives Are Not Enough is a 1941 American comedy mystery film directed by A. Edward Sutherland and starring Ronald Reagan, Joan Perry and James Gleason.[1] The film was produced and released by Warner Bros.[2][3] It is based on the 1940 novel Nine Lives Are Not Enough by Jerome Odlum.[4]
Plot
A reporter tries to solve a series of boarding house murders. The dramatic main plot murder action is intermixed with farce and slapstick comedic elements.
Cast
- Ronald Reagan as Matt Sawyer
- Joan Perry as Jane Abbott
- James Gleason as Sgt. Sam Daniels
- Howard Da Silva as J.B. Murray, City Editor
- Faye Emerson as Rose Chadwick
- Edward Brophy as Officer Slattery
- Peter Whitney as Roy
- Charles Drake as 'Snappy' Lucas
- Vera Lewis as Mrs. Slocum
- Ben Welden as Moxie Karper
- Howard C. Hickman as Colonel Andrews
- Cliff Clark as Lieutenant Buckley
- Tom Stevenson as Charles
- Paul Phillips as Hot-Foot
- Joseph Crehan as Yates
- John Maxwell as Gillis
References
- ^ Fetrow p.343
- ^ "Nine Lives Are Not Enough (1941) - Overview". TCM.com. Retrieved 2015-05-08.
- ^ "Nine Lives Are Not Enough". Afi.com. Retrieved 2015-05-08.
- ^ Vaughn p.255
Bibliography
- Fetrow, Alan G. Feature Films, 1940-1949: a United States Filmography. McFarland, 1994.
- Vaughn, Stephen. Ronald Reagan in Hollywood: Movies and Politics. Cambridge University Press, 1994.
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