Charlie McCarthy, Detective explained

Charlie McCarthy, Detective
Director:	Frank Tuttle
Producer:	Jerry Sackheim Frank Tuttle
Starring:	Edgar Bergen Robert Cummings Constance Moore
Music:	Frank Skinner
Cinematography:	George Robinson
Editing:	Bernard W. Burton
Distributor:	Universal Pictures
Studio:	Universal Pictures
Runtime:	75 minutes
Country:	United States
Language:	English
Budget:	over $363,000.^[1]

Charlie McCarthy, Detective is a 1939 American comedy film starring Edgar Bergen, Charlie McCarthy and Robert Cummings.^[2]

Plot

Scotty Hamilton is a reporter who works for a crooked editor. Bill Banning is another reporter who is about to expose the editor's ties to the mob. When the editor is killed, both reporter Banning and mobster Tony Garcia are suspected. However, Hamilton's friend Edgar Bergen solves the case (without much help from Charlie McCarthy).

Cast

Uncredited

Production

The film was announced in June 1938. It was the second movie Bergen made for Universal following Letter of Introduction.^{[3] [4]} Bob Cummings was assigned in October 1939.^[5]

Filming took place from November to December 1939.^[6]

Reception

The New York Times called it "a nondescript omlette".^[7]

External links

• • • Charlie McCarthy, Detective at the British Film Institute

Notes and References

1. Web site: Internet Archive. United States Court of Appeals For the Ninth Circuit - Universal vs Cummings. 93.
2. Charlie McCarthy, DetectiveMonthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 8, Iss. 85, (Jan 1, 1941): 83.
3. NEWS OF THE SCREEN New York Times (2 Aug 1939: 24.
4. NEWS OF THE SCREEN: New York Times (3 June 1938: 16.
5. DRAMA: Los Angeles Times 30 Oct 1939: 13.
6. Web site: Internet Archive. United States Court of Appeals For the Ninth Circuit - Cummings vs Universal 1944. 565.
7. THE SCREEN IN REVIEWB y FRANK S. NUGENT. New York Times 25 Dec 1939: 29.