An insurance company investigator goes to a small town to probe into a case of supposed suicide. The natives are not very cooperative and some turn hostile, leading to suspicion of foul play... Read allAn insurance company investigator goes to a small town to probe into a case of supposed suicide. The natives are not very cooperative and some turn hostile, leading to suspicion of foul play.An insurance company investigator goes to a small town to probe into a case of supposed suicide. The natives are not very cooperative and some turn hostile, leading to suspicion of foul play.
- Frank Baker
- (as Russell Armes)
- Undertaker
- (as Worden Norten)
- Boy
- (as George MacDonald)
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- TriviaThe $20,000 insurance policy would equate to over $250,000 in 2022.
- GoofsThe insurance investigator assumes from the smell of the barrel that various pistols he encounters have been fired recently (a common Hollywood mistake). Once the smoke of a shot dissipates (within minutes), all that even an expert can determine is that a gun has been fired since it was last cleaned --- whenever that might have been --- not how recently it had been fired.
- Quotes
Sam Donovan: This is a nice town.
Sheriff Larry Best: Yep.
Sam Donovan: Nice people. Be a good place to live.
Sheriff Larry Best: Yep.
Sam Donovan: If you're on the right side of the fence.
Sheriff Larry Best: Yep.
Sam Donovan: Can't you say anything but "Yep"?
Sheriff Larry Best: That calls for a pretty obvious answer, don't it?
Sam Donovan: Yep.
Sam Donovan is suspicious of Sheriff Best's claim of a suicide so he decides to stick around and stick he does, his nose that is. As the town is just in the process of getting ready to light up the towns Christmas tree at their annual street festival the town is advised of another sudden death of the towns beloved doctor from an apparent heart attack. The mystery thickens, and so does the insurance investigator Sam Donovan's affection for a lovely local lass named Anita Weatherby (Barbara Britton).
As the film progresses more clues are discovered that challenge Sam Donovan to question whether the whole town is hiding something about the murder victim who has a $20,000.00 life insurance policy that will pay out double indemnity to the victims niece if in fact it was not a suicide but rather a murder.
The film has some light humour, a new romance blossoming, a Christmas theme, and a battle of wits between the insurance investigator Sam Donovan (Dennis O'Keefe) and Sheriff Best (William Bendix). I liked the film throughout, and I have always been fond of the 1940's period, especial murder/mystery themes. I give the film a 7/10 rating.
- Ed-Shullivan
- Oct 15, 2017
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- Some Rain Must Fall
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- Runtime1 hour 23 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1