The Amazing Mr. Williams
The Amazing Mr. Williams
Release: 1939-11-22
·Runtime: 85m
·★ 5.8
Comedy
Mystery
Kenny Williams, a lieutenant on the homicide squad, is engaged to Maxine Carroll, the Mayor's secretary. Or isn't he rather married with his job? For each time he has a date with his longtime fiancée, he is prevented from keeping it by his devotion to duty. Maxine, in desperation, decides to take action and bring Kenny to the altar. Who will win, Maxine's curves or the glorious fight against crime?
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Columbia Pictures
Cast
Jonathan Hale
as Mayor
Dick Elliott
as Druggist (uncredited)
Harry Semels
as Race Track Spectator (uncredited)
Julie Bishop
as Face of 7th Victim in Newspaper Photo (uncredited)
Sarah Edwards
as Citizens Committee Woman (uncredited)
Richard Lane
as Reagan (uncredited)
Joan Blondell
as Maxine Carroll
Ruth Donnelly
as Effie Perkins
John Wray
as Stanley
Barbara Pepper
as Muriel - Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Maude Eburne
as Landlady (uncredited)
Ralph Peters
as Joe - Tobacco Store Proprietor (uncredited)
Walter Sande
as Police Stenographer (uncredited)
Wyndham Standing
as Elevator Passenger (uncredited)
E. Alyn Warren
as Clerk (uncredited)
Clarence Kolb
as Captain McGovern
Sally Payne
as Jean - Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Virginia Sale
as Miss Mason - Schoolteacher (uncredited)
Peggy Shannon
as Kitty (uncredited)
Melvyn Douglas
as Kenny Williams
Edward Brophy
as Buck Moseby
Robert Middlemass
as Police Commissioner (uncredited)
Robert Sterling
as Elevator Boy (uncredited)
Anthony Warde
as Bouncer (uncredited)
Dave Willock
as Bellboy (uncredited)
Don Beddoe
as Detective Deever
Jane Barnes
as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Lela Bliss
as Citizens Committee Woman (uncredited)
Maurice Cass
as Little Man (uncredited)
Dick Curtis
as Joe (uncredited)
Jimmy Conlin
as Master of Ceremonies (uncredited)
Eddie Dunn
as Race Track Spectator (uncredited)
Lorna Gray
as Nurse (uncredited)
Walter Miller
as Browning (uncredited)
Donald MacBride
as Lieutenant Bixler