Over My Dead Body

68 minutes

1/15/1942

Overview

Berle plays a mystery writer who forever writes himself into corners and is never able to finish a story. While visiting his wife (Mary Beth Hughes) at the office where she works, Berle overhears several men discussing the suicide of a coworker. Struck with a brilliant notion, Berle decides to confess to the murder of the dead man, certain that he'll be able to wriggle out of the situation and thereby have plenty of material for a story.

Cast List

Milton Berle
as Jason Cordry
Mary Beth Hughes
as Patricia Cordry aka Pat Preston
Reginald Denny
as Richard 'Dick' Brenner
Frank Orth
as Detective
William B. Davidson
as Crole (as William Davidson)
Wonderful Smith
as Wonderful
Pat O'Malley
as Petie Stuyvesant (as J. Patrick O'Malley)
George M. Carleton
as Judge
John Hamilton
as District Attorney Stuart Drinkwater
Jill Warren
as Elsie Bailey
Milton Parsons
as George Lawrin
Leon Belasco
as Pierre
Charles Trowbridge
as Honest Tom Mardley
Lon McCallister
as Jimmie
Cyril Ring
as Court Clerk
Edwin August
as Bailiff
Emory Parnell
as Police Capt. Grady
Edward Gargan
as Police Sergeant
Don Dillaway
as Reporter
George Riley
as Reporter
George Beranger
as Salesman
Frances Morris
as Reporter
John Dilson
as Editor
Joseph J. Weston
as Editor
Sig Arno
as Professor
Sam Wren
as Professor
Dave Willock
as Sailor
Joe Kirk
as Sailor
Ann E. Todd
as Tailor's Little Girl
Leon Tyler
as Tailor's Little Boy
Fred Aldrich
as Joe, 1st Arresting Policeman
Ralph Brooks
as Juror
Jack Chefe
as Man in Montage
Heinie Conklin
as Juror
Mike Donovan
as Juror
Bess Flowers
as Courtroom Spectator
Chuck Hamilton
as Policeman
Sam Harris
as Street Extra
Eddie Kane
as Man in Employment Office
George Magrill
as 2nd Arresting Policeman
Harold Miller
as Courtroom Extra
Bert Moorhouse
as Car Dealer in Montage