• Fast and Furious (1939)

    To beat the summertime heat, booksellers Joel (Franchot Tone) and Garda Sloane (Ann Sothern) go for a vacation in a breezy coastal city. Joel's friend Mike Stevens (Lee Bowman) is holding a beauty pageant there, and Joel, much to his wife's chagrin, is set to judge the attractive contestants. But a dispute with local mobsters over kickbacks leads to murder, with Mike in jail for the crime. And so it's back to work for Joel and Garda, as the sometime sleuths try to solve the mystery.

Fast and Furious

Release Date: 1939

Not Yet Rated |1 hr 13 min

Plot Summary

To beat the summertime heat, booksellers Joel (Franchot Tone) and Garda Sloane (Ann Sothern) go for a vacation in a breezy coastal city. Joel's friend Mike Stevens (Lee Bowman) is holding a beauty pageant there, and Joel, much to his wife's chagrin, is set to judge the attractive contestants. But a dispute with local mobsters over kickbacks leads to murder, with Mike in jail for the crime. And so it's back to work for Joel and Garda, as the sometime sleuths try to solve the mystery.

Cast: Franchot Tone, Ann Sothern, Ruth Hussey, Lee Bowman, Allyn Joslyn, John Miljan, Bernard Nedell, Mary Beth Hughes

Director: Busby Berkeley

Genres: Thriller , Comedy

Production Co: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Keywords: Suspenseful, Wife, Rivalry, 1930s, New York City, Cheeky, Investigation, Husband, Marriage, Mystery, Friend, Amusing

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