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Released November 13, 1936
Featuring Ted Healy (Solo)
MGM
71.33 min. (Feature Film)

Actor Philip Trent is tired of playing his film detective character and takes a cruise to get away from it all. His publicist (Ted Healy), and "Peter" Dean, the female author of the detective novels Trent's character is based on, decide to turn the cruise into a publicity stunt. But a phony murder publicity act turns into the real thing when a wealthy passenger is found dead in Trent's stateroom, without the famous Chinese diamond he was carrying. Edgar Kennedy plays the police detective investigating the murder, doing a slow burn as Trent, Pete and Mert also find themselves trying to solve the crime. Once docked in San Francisco, the mystery leads the characters to a Chinese opera theater.

Based on Joseph Santley's novel "Murder in a Chinese Theatre."

Healy stooge Dick Hakins plays 'Shorty,' 'Mert's' assistant, and the two engage in several gags lifted from Ted's stooge vaudeville act, including "the three watches."

Healy and Edgar Kennedy have good comedic chemistry, used to better effect one year later when the two co-starred in Warner Brothers' HOLLYWOOD HOTEL.

View the original theatrical trailer at TCM.com

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Edmund Lowe
Philip Trent

Elissa Landi
Peter Dean

Zasu Pitts
Mrs. Fay Kinney

Ted Healy
Mert Morgan

Edmund Gwenn
Williams

Herbert Rawlinson
Capt. Bromley

Russell Hicks
Chief Gibbs

Raymond Hatton
Cokey Joe Ferris

Wilbur Mack
Mayor Howell

Harlan Briggs
Mr. Kinney

Gustav Von Seyffertitz
Hendrick Van Mier

Soo Yong
Li Tai

King Baggot
Director

Adrian Rosley
Official guide

Sherry Hall
Radio operator


Harry Rapf
Producer

Dolph Zimmer
Assistant Director

Joe Ruttenberg
Photography

George Boemler
Film Editor

Cedric Gibbons
Art Director

Edwin B. Willis
Associate Art Director

Stanwood Rogers
Associate Art Director

Douglas Shearer
Recording Director

Dolly Tree
Costume Design

William Axt
Original Music


















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