The Amazing Mr. Williams (1939)
1h 20m
Running Time
November 22, 1939Release Date
The Amazing Mr. Williams (1939)
1h 20m
Running Time
November 22, 1939Release Date
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
Kenny Williams, a lieutenant on the homicide squad, is engaged to Maxine Carroll, the Mayor's secretary. Or isn't he rather married with his job? For each time he has a date with his longtime fiancée, he is prevented from keeping it by his devotion to duty. Maxine, in desperation, decides to take action and bring Kenny to the altar. Who will win, Maxine's curves or the glorious fight against crime?
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Melvyn Douglas
Police Lieutenant Kenny Williams
Joan Blondell
Maxine Carroll
Clarence Kolb
Police Captain McGovern
Edward Brophy
Buck Moseby
Ruth Donnelly
Effie Perkins
Alexander Hall
Director
Donald MacBride
Lieutenant Bixler
Dwight Taylor
Writer
Don Beddoe
Detective Deever
Sy Bartlett
Writer
Jonathan Hale
Mayor
Richard Maibaum
Writer
John Wray
Stanley
Everett Riskin
Producer
Jane Barnes
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Julie Bishop
Face of 7th Victim in Newspaper Photo (uncredited)
Arthur L. Todd
Cinematographer
Lela Bliss
Citizens Committee Woman (uncredited)
Maurice Cass
Little Man (uncredited)
Jimmy Conlin
Master of Ceremonies (uncredited)
Dick Curtis
Joe (uncredited)
Eddie Dunn
Race Track Spectator (uncredited)
Maude Eburne
Landlady (uncredited)
Sarah Edwards
Citizens Committee Woman (uncredited)
Dick Elliott
Druggist (uncredited)
Lorna Gray
Nurse (uncredited)
Richard Lane
Reagan (uncredited)
Robert Middlemass
Police Commissioner (uncredited)
Walter Miller
Browning (uncredited)
Sally Payne
Jean - Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Barbara Pepper
Muriel - Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Ralph Peters
Joe - Tobacco Store Proprietor (uncredited)
Virginia Sale
Miss Mason - Schoolteacher (uncredited)
Walter Sande
Police Stenographer (uncredited)
Harry Semels
Race Track Spectator (uncredited)
Peggy Shannon
Kitty (uncredited)
Wyndham Standing
Elevator Passenger (uncredited)
Robert Sterling
Elevator Boy (uncredited)
Anthony Warde
Bouncer (uncredited)
E. Alyn Warren
Clerk (uncredited)
Media.
Details.
Release DateNovember 22, 1939
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 20m
Content RatingNR
Genres
Wiki.
The Amazing Mr. Williams is a 1939 American screwball comedy film produced by Everett Riskin for Columbia Pictures and directed by Alexander Hall. The film stars Melvyn Douglas, Joan Blondell and Clarence Kolb. It was written by Dwight Taylor, Sy Bartlett and Richard Maibaum. The film is about a police lieutenant who is too busy solving crimes to marry his longtime fiancée, who decides to take action and get him to marry her and settle down. The film was released on November 22, 1939.