Whether you enjoy this comic mystery depends on your sense of humor. Although it didn't make me laugh out loud I was amused by Jason Cordry's writing predicament. He was full of situation ideas but he just couldn't resolve his own mystery novel plots. And I loved his menagerie of animals.
We are led into an improbable situation where Jason is acting out one of his pulp mysteries for real. His wife's boss Brenner is in a sticky situation after a man commits suicide over the scams that he and Brenner himself have been involved in. Jason finds himself hiding in Brenner's boardroom trying to do some snooping. Jason offers to get Brenner out of trouble by putting himself at risk with a very dodgy premise he has concocted in his latest attempt at a novel. I'll leave it to you how far you can go with the improbable plot but I urge you to give a try anyway.
There are two Miltons in the cast. Milton Berle with his cartoon face is Jason Cordry. Then we have one of the greatest gifts to 1940s mysteries in the person of Milton Parsons. With his skeletal appearance and precise tombstone voice you just want to savor every moment he's on the screen. He appears in Brenner's boardroom scenes and then later on in the witness stand at the trial.
We are led into an improbable situation where Jason is acting out one of his pulp mysteries for real. His wife's boss Brenner is in a sticky situation after a man commits suicide over the scams that he and Brenner himself have been involved in. Jason finds himself hiding in Brenner's boardroom trying to do some snooping. Jason offers to get Brenner out of trouble by putting himself at risk with a very dodgy premise he has concocted in his latest attempt at a novel. I'll leave it to you how far you can go with the improbable plot but I urge you to give a try anyway.
There are two Miltons in the cast. Milton Berle with his cartoon face is Jason Cordry. Then we have one of the greatest gifts to 1940s mysteries in the person of Milton Parsons. With his skeletal appearance and precise tombstone voice you just want to savor every moment he's on the screen. He appears in Brenner's boardroom scenes and then later on in the witness stand at the trial.