
Over My Dead Body
- Released on
- Runtime
- 68 mins
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.
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
- Milton Berle
- Mary Beth Hughes
- Reginald Denny
- Frank Orth
- William B. Davidson
- Wonderful Smith
- Pat O'Malley
- George M. Carleton
- John Hamilton
- Jill Warren
- Milton Parsons
- Leon Belasco
- Charles Trowbridge
- Lon McCallister
- Cyril Ring
- Edwin August
- Emory Parnell
- Edward Gargan
- Don Dillaway
- George Riley
- George Beranger
- Frances Morris
- John Dilson
- Joseph J. Weston
- Sig Arno
- Sam Wren
- Dave Willock
- Joe Kirk
- Ann E. Todd
- Leon Tyler
- Fred Aldrich
- Ralph Brooks
- Jack Chefe
- Heinie Conklin
- Mike Donovan
- Bess Flowers
- Chuck Hamilton
- Sam Harris
- Eddie Kane
- George Magrill
- Harold Miller
- Bert Moorhouse
Director
- Malcolm St. Clair
Producers
- Walter Morosco
Screenwriter
- Edward James