Topper Double Bill (1937)

Synopsis: This delightful double bill features one of the classic film series from the 1930s and 1940s, featuring Cary Grant. TOPPER: Based on a novel by Thorne Smith, this classic comedy poses Grant and... This delightful double bill features one of the classic film series from the 1930s and 1940s, featuring Cary Grant. TOPPER: Based on a novel by Thorne Smith, this classic comedy poses Grant and Bennett as playful ghosts who dominate the life of Young who plays Cosmo Topper. Academy Award Nominations: Best Supporting Actor--Roland Young, Best Sound Recording. TOPPER RETURNS: This is the third of the early comedy film series, after TOPPER (1937) and TOPPER TAKES A TRIP (1939). This one has the mild-mannered Topper on the trail of a phantom killer. While visiting a stately castle, a young woman is knifed to death on the eve of her friend's twenty-first birthday, upon which day she is to receive the family fortune. When Topper is asked by the recently deceased's ghost to investigate the murder, he finds himself accused by a bumbling detective. [More]

Starring: Cary Grant, Roland Young, Constance Bennett, Billie Burke

Starring: Cary Grant, Roland Young, Constance Bennett, Billie Burke, Eugene Pallette, Arthur Lake, Joan Blondell, Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, George Zucco

Director: Norman Z. McLeod, Roy Del Ruth

Director: Norman Z. McLeod, Roy Del Ruth

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