The Bill Lundigan one. Peter Sellers made another (unrelated) one in 1964. When Richards (Cortez) sells the Royal Club to an out of towner, the murders start. The locals team up to figure out who dunnit. Singer Dixie (Nan Wynn) and Kennedy the reporter (Lundigan) offer to help Lt. Ryder (Regis Toomey) any way they can. This film is just filled with the usual ingredients in an old who-dunnit; competing for the girl, cracking stupid jokes while trying to solve the murder. In this one, the police lieutenant never seems to do any actual police work... he's always hanging around in nightclubs and bars, with his hands at his side. And why is Lundigan always hiding under desks and behind pillars? Is he five years old?? When he sits in a chair, he hangs one leg over the arm of the chair. Was the director trying to make him look like a teenager? This was released JUST before the japanese bombed pearl harbor... it would be all war films in just a couple months. And this one also has a strange ending. It's a short B film from Warner Brothers, so I guess the expectations were already pretty low. Directed by Bill McGann. Was a special effects guy on some real big films before turning director. Key Largo, Treasure of the Sierra Madre.
Review of A Shot in the Dark
