So says Van Johnson in the second half of that quote to the TV reporting on a boxing match. The dead man allegedly died of a heart attack, but later was found with a knife in his chest, and later evidence indicates that he had died from unnatural causes. Johnson, the manager of the New York City luxury apartment, was not the first to find the body, but was the first to report it. The suspect list gradually increases with Louis Calhern, Angela Lansbury, Kathryn Card and Sammy White among those with suspicions, White being an ex-con bellhop who claims to have found the dead men first. When June Allyson arrives as the dead man's niece, the stage is set for a battle over his estate.
This hit Broadway play features a few musical sequences but is not a musical. Allyson lipscinks to her own recording of "Toot Toot Tootsie", and Johnson warbles a weird version of "You're Just Too Marvelous" which questions why he would be cast in musicals in the first place. Allyson's reprise of it is also a bit bizarre. But Dorothy Dandridge's version of "Taking a Chance on Love" is quite upbeat and gives an indication why she would later be cast as Carmen Jones.
There are some people who seem more suspicious than others, with Lansbury an obvious top choice playing a dark lady with self serving motivations for wanting to get her hands on the dead man's cash. A few musical sequences aside, this is a very amusing light murder mystery comedy that shows a definite chemistry between its two leads and indicates why Johnson and Allyson work together several times. Card's shrill apartment board member is very funny, a complete opposite of her characterization as Lucy's ditsy mother on TV's then most popular sitcom. This is one of MGM's more artistic romantic comedies, and fast moving fun with bits of tension added as Allyson is stalked in a very creepy sequence that utilizes some interesting camera shots to set up the melodramatic scene.
This hit Broadway play features a few musical sequences but is not a musical. Allyson lipscinks to her own recording of "Toot Toot Tootsie", and Johnson warbles a weird version of "You're Just Too Marvelous" which questions why he would be cast in musicals in the first place. Allyson's reprise of it is also a bit bizarre. But Dorothy Dandridge's version of "Taking a Chance on Love" is quite upbeat and gives an indication why she would later be cast as Carmen Jones.
There are some people who seem more suspicious than others, with Lansbury an obvious top choice playing a dark lady with self serving motivations for wanting to get her hands on the dead man's cash. A few musical sequences aside, this is a very amusing light murder mystery comedy that shows a definite chemistry between its two leads and indicates why Johnson and Allyson work together several times. Card's shrill apartment board member is very funny, a complete opposite of her characterization as Lucy's ditsy mother on TV's then most popular sitcom. This is one of MGM's more artistic romantic comedies, and fast moving fun with bits of tension added as Allyson is stalked in a very creepy sequence that utilizes some interesting camera shots to set up the melodramatic scene.