No, this is not the Peter Sellers movie of the 60s. it is a short and fast moving
mystery/comedy that might have originated as a project planned for James
Cagney and Pat O'Brien.
A Shot In The Dark gas reporter William Lundigan witness the murder of a man about to purchase nightclub owner Ricardo Cortez's business interests. The assigned detective is Regis Toomey, Lundigan's rival for singer Nan Wynn who works for Cortez.
Lundigan and Toomey act like juveniles around Wynn lucky they had time to solve the murder. She gets to sing some popular standards and for once not as Rita Hayworth's or someone else's dubbed voices.
Both the guys get a good comeuppance from Wynn in the end. Considering the times the film came out in, a proper one too.
A Shot In The Dark gas reporter William Lundigan witness the murder of a man about to purchase nightclub owner Ricardo Cortez's business interests. The assigned detective is Regis Toomey, Lundigan's rival for singer Nan Wynn who works for Cortez.
Lundigan and Toomey act like juveniles around Wynn lucky they had time to solve the murder. She gets to sing some popular standards and for once not as Rita Hayworth's or someone else's dubbed voices.
Both the guys get a good comeuppance from Wynn in the end. Considering the times the film came out in, a proper one too.