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Edmund Lowe plays an insurance investigator who interrupts his honeymoon to look into the case of a murder, which could also be a suicide, in which case his company won't have to pay the victim's contract. His wife, played by Margaret Lindsay, insists on following him around, not only to help him solve the case, but to make sure he doesn't get too friendly with any members of the opposite sex, either. Ever since I first saw Lindsay as Nikki Porter in the Ellery Queen film series I became a fan, and I'm trying to collect as many of her B-movies as I can, with an emphasis on the mystery-comedies (she did a bunch of those around 1938-1943). "Honeymoon Deferred" is a minor but likable effort, with a well-written plot (although the mystery is mostly cleared-up, by the movie itself, long before the end), and Lindsay is as always a delight to watch. There is also an outstanding supporting performance by Anne Gwynne. **1/2 out of 4.

This is an amusing, if frequently complex, comedy mystery that easily could have been a series, a la a "B" variation of "The Thin Man" and the dozens of other films surrounding a detective and his wife whose fascination with solving murders is more of a hobby than a career. Edmund Lowe and Margaret Lindsay are the newly married a couple who find out that an apparent suicide is really a murder, or perhaps a suicide made to look like murder so the beneficiaries of an insurance policy could inherit the bequest.

Among the beneficiaries of the deceased are Elisabeth Risdon, Anne Gwynne, Julie Stevens and Jerry Marlowe. The revelation of the guilty party comes early on, giving them a chance to attempt more mayhem with the actor in that part giving a delightfully over the top performance. It's fast moving and fun, yet you can't help but realize that this has been done over and over even if there are some unique twists added into what occurs here.