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mystery and comedy film

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and

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, directed by William Clemens and starring

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, and

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. It was released on July 13, 1942. The film marked the debut of the classic

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-era wartime song, " I Don't Want To Walk Without You". The song was performed on screen by actress

Plot

While preparing for Midvale College's upcoming revue, which includes a trick shot with a gun, singer Susan Lawrence develops a romantic interest in Jack Mitchell, who also sings, while their friend Louise Menard is seeing Susan's brother, a professor. All are shocked when songwriter Johnny Arnold is strangled and school reporter Miles Tucker poisoned with the glue from an envelope. A detective named McGill begins an investigation. One night Jack volunteers to look after Louise's mother, a helpless invalid. Susan becomes worried and, when she arrives, Mrs. Menard is trying to help Jack, who has narrowly avoided being killed. With help from Louise's father, a professor, McGill deduces that Mrs. Menard is holding a grudge from a previous child's death, which she blames on an initiation rite at the school. She has also secretly exchanged Susan's trick gun with a loaded one, which she uses in the show. Everyone arrives too late, but luckily, Susan's aim is bad, Jack survives and all live happily ever after.

Cast

as Jack Mitchell *

as Louise Menard *

as Susan Lawrence *

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as Mrs. Menard * Charles D. Brown as Lt. McGill *

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as Miles Tucker *

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as Johnny Arnold *

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as Prof. Menard *

as Prof. Martin Lawrence

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* 1942 films American black-and-white films American mystery comedy-drama films 1940s mystery comedy-drama films 1942 comedy films 1942 drama films 1940s English-language films 1940s American films {{1940s-drama-film-stub

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