''You Never Can Tell'' is 1951 American

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directed by

Lou Breslow Lou Breslow (born Lewis Breslow; July 18, 1900 – November 10, 1987) was an American screenwriter and film director. He wrote for 70 films between 1928 and 1955. He also directed seven films between 1932 and 1951 and wrote scripts for bot ...

and starring

Dick Powell Richard Ewing Powell (November 14, 1904 – January 2, 1963) was an American actor, musician, producer, director, and studio head. Though he came to stardom as a musical comedy performer, he showed versatility, and successfully transformed into ...

Peggy Dow Peggy Dow (born Peggy Josephine Varnadow; March 18, 1928) is an American philanthropist and retired actress who had a brief career in Hollywood had Universal Studios starring in films during the Golden Age Era in the early 1950s. She is perha ...

and

Joyce Holden Joyce Holden (born Jo Ann Heckert, September 1, 1930 – January 21, 2022) was an American film and television actress. Early years Holden was born in Kansas City, Missouri on September 1, 1930. The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D.P. Heckert, she w ...

.Worley p.108

Plot

An ex-army dog named King inherits a fortune from his eccentric millionaire owner. Should King die, the fortune will pass to the late millionaire's secretary, Ellen (

). Perry Collins ( Charles Drake) calls to visit King, ingratiating himself with the story that he remembers King from his army days and that he rescued King from a jeep accident. But Collins has designs on both Ellen and the fortune she will inherit on King's death and when King is found poisoned, King's spirit asks Lion (the leader in the heaven for animals) to send him back to earth to solve his own murder. He returns as Rex Shepard, a private investigator (

). Lion also sends Golden Harvest, a racehorse, back to earth as Goldie Harvey (

) to help Rex. Goldie and Rex must solve the case before the full moon or they will have to remain on earth as humans.

Cast

as Rex Shepard *

as Ellen Hathaway *

as Golden Harvest / Goldie Harvey * Charles Drake as Perry Collins *

Albert Sharpe Albert Sharpe (15 April 1885 – 13 February 1970) was a Northern Irish stage and film actor. Life and work Albert Edward Sharpe was born at 8 Goudy's Court in Belfast on 15 April 1885, one of six children born to fishmonger John Sharpe, a Pres ...

as Grandpa Hathaway * Lou Polan as Police Sergeant Novak * Frank Nelson as Police Lieutenant Gilpin * Will Vedder as Nicholas *

Frank Gerstle Francis M. Gerstle (September 27, 1915 – February 23, 1970) was an American character actor who appeared in supporting roles in numerous films, radio programs and TV shows following World War II. Biography Gerstle's notable appearances inc ...

as Detective * Ott George as Detective Lieutenant Louie Luisetti

References

Bibliography

* Worley, Alec. ''Empires of the Imagination: A Critical Survey of Fantasy Cinema from Georges Melies to The Lord of the Rings''. McFarland, 2005.

External links

* * 1950s English-language films 1950s fantasy comedy films 1951 comedy films 1951 films American black-and-white films American fantasy comedy films Films about dogs Films about reincarnation Films about the afterlife Films directed by Lou Breslow Films scored by Hans J. Salter Universal Pictures films 1950s American films {{1950s-comedy-film-stub