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Plot

This comedy centers around an inept reporter who wouldn't recognize a hot story if it burned him on the hand. The trouble begins when he is assigned to do a story on a local wine festival. Meanwhile an escaped convict holds the heated interest of the rest of the newspaper employees. The bungler gets involved when he goes to the wrong location and ends up on a bus where someone is killed. He becomes a suspect, and later when he must stop at an inn, he finds his girl friend and a detective there too. At the inn, the proprietor has two priceless jeweled chess pieces that have been attracting a lot of attention from the public, and from the fugitive convict. Mayhem ensues when the crook shows up to claim the chessmen.
MPAA Rating:
Genre(s):
Comedy,Crime and Mystery,Drama,Thriller
Run Time:
65min.
DVD Release Date:
10/07/2003
Distributor(s):
Paramount
Director(s):
Frank McDonald
Starring:
Jack Haley , Ann Savage , Barton MacLane , Veda Ann Borg , Arthur Ayleswofth
Themes:
Mistaken Identities,Amateur Sleuths
Tone:
Goofy,Humorous,Madcap
Keywords:
bumbler,detective,escaped-convict,false-accusation,girlfriend,haunted-house,house,investigation,killing,murder,reporter,suspect
Language:
English