Over My Dead Body (1942)
Mystery
Comedy
Berle plays a mystery writer who forever writes himself into corners and is never able to finish a story. While visiting his wife (Mary Beth Hughes) at the office where she works, Berle overhears several men discussing the suicide of a coworker. Struck with a brilliant notion, Berle decides to confess to the murder of the dead man, certain that he'll be able to wriggle out of the situation and thereby have plenty of material for a story.
Cast
Jason Cordry
Patricia Cordry aka Pat Preston
George Lawrin
Pierre
Honest Tom Mardley
Jimmie
Court Clerk
Bailiff
Police Capt. Grady
Police Sergeant
Reporter
Reporter
Richard 'Dick' Brenner
Salesman
Reporter
Editor
Editor
Professor
Professor
Sailor
Sailor
Tailor's Little Girl
Tailor's Little Boy
Detective
Joe, 1st Arresting Policeman
Juror
Man in Montage
Juror
Juror
Courtroom Spectator
Policeman
Street Extra
Man in Employment Office
2nd Arresting Policeman
Crole (as William Davidson)
Courtroom Extra
Car Dealer in Montage
Wonderful
Petie Stuyvesant (as J. Patrick O'Malley)
Judge
District Attorney Stuart Drinkwater
Elsie Bailey
Crew
Director
Screenplay
Novel
Producer
Editor
Art Direction
Art Direction
Costume Design
Director of Photography