Over My Dead Body (1942)

Mystery
Comedy

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

Jason Cordry
Patricia Cordry aka Pat Preston
George Lawrin
Honest Tom Mardley
Court Clerk
Police Capt. Grady
Police Sergeant
Richard 'Dick' Brenner
Professor
Professor
Sailor
Tailor's Little Girl
Tailor's Little Boy
Detective
Joe, 1st Arresting Policeman
Man in Montage
Courtroom Spectator
Street Extra
Man in Employment Office
2nd Arresting Policeman
Crole (as William Davidson)
Courtroom Extra
Car Dealer in Montage
Petie Stuyvesant (as J. Patrick O'Malley)
District Attorney Stuart Drinkwater
Elsie Bailey

Crew

Screenplay
Art Direction
Art Direction
Costume Design
Director of Photography