The Missing Corpse

1h 2min

Mystery

Comedy

A feud between rival newspapermen Kruger (Bromberg) and McDonald (Guilfoyle) goes deadly when blackmailing McDonald ends up murdered and his corpse planted in the trunk of Kruger's car. Good guy Kruger attempts to hide McDonald's body, with the help of chauffeur Hogan (Jenks), to keep from being charged with murder. However, zany scenarios occur as the body just won't stay hidden, and keeps on popping up in multiple places where Kruger is located, leading to him hiding the body again and again while Kruger tries to find the real killer.

Cast

J. Edward Bromberg

J. Edward Bromberg

Henry Kruger
Isabel Randolph

Isabel Randolph

Alice Kruger
Frank Jenks

Frank Jenks

Mack Hogan
Eric Sinclair

Eric Sinclair

James Kruger
Paul Guilfoyle

Paul Guilfoyle

Andy McDonald
Ben Welden

Ben Welden

"Slippery Joe" Clary
Bess Flowers

Bess Flowers

Tribune staff worker (uncredited)
Isabel Withers

Isabel Withers

Miss Patterson (uncredited)
Archie Twitchell

Archie Twitchell

Jimmy Trigg (uncredited)
Elayne Adams

Elayne Adams

Miss Ames (uncredited)
Mary Arden

Mary Arden

Madge (uncredited)
Charles Jordan

Charles Jordan

Draper (uncredited)
Anne O'Neal

Anne O'Neal

Mrs. Swanaker (uncredited)
Jean Ransome

Jean Ransome

Marie (uncredited)
John Shay

John Shay

Jeffry Dodd (uncredited)
Lorell Sheldon

Lorell Sheldon

Phyllis Kruger (uncredited)
Ken Terrell

Ken Terrell

Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited)

Release date

1st Jun 1945

Status

Released

Spoken languages

English