CrimeDrama

Private Detective 62

- It's a pleasure to have your home wrecked by a man like him.

A former government agent in France, who has failed at an assignment and been disavowed, is deported back to the USA, where he can only find work at a low-rent detective agency. He soon gets involved with a woman with ties to a crooked gambling club owner, who is a client of his agency.

Release Date : 1933-06-10

Language :FrenchEnglish

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Warner Bros. Pictures

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Donald Free

Original Name : William Powell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Janet Reynolds

Original Name : Margaret Lindsay

Gender : Female

Character Name : Dan Hogan

Original Name : Arthur Hohl

Gender : Male

Character Name : Amy Moran

Original Name : Ruth Donnelly

Gender : Female

Character Name : Tony Bandor

Original Name : Gordon Westcott

Gender : Male

Character Name : Helen Burns

Original Name : Natalie Moorhead

Gender : Female

Character Name : Whitey

Original Name : James Bell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Harcourt S. Burns

Original Name : Hobart Cavanaugh

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cab Driver

Original Name : Irving Bacon

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tracey (Uncredited)

Original Name : Arthur Byron

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bartender (Uncredited)

Original Name : Heinie Conklin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Club Doorman (Uncredited)

Original Name : Eddie Dunn

Gender : Male

Character Name : Process Server (Uncredited)

Original Name : Charles Lane

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mrs. Wright's Paramour (Uncredited)

Original Name : Eddie Phillips

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ship's Captain Henri LaFarge (Uncredited)

Original Name : Georges Renavent

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mrs. Wright (Uncredited)

Original Name : Sheila Terry

Gender : Female

Character Name : Club Bartender (Uncredited)

Original Name : Charles C. Wilson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Free's Lady Friend (Uncredited)

Original Name : Toby Wing

Gender : Female

Character Name : Gambler (Uncredited)

Original Name : Joan Barclay

Gender : Female

Character Name : Man at Roulette Table (Uncredited)

Original Name : Bill Elliott

Gender : Male

Character Name : Janet's Maid (Uncredited)

Original Name : Theresa Harris

Gender : Female

Character Name : Rose (Uncredited)

Original Name : Ann Hovey

Gender : Female

Character Name : Casino Man (Uncredited)

Original Name : Rolfe Sedan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gambler (Uncredited)

Original Name : Harry Seymour

Gender : Male

Character Name : Client with Free (Uncredited)

Original Name : Joan Standing

Gender : Female

Character Name : Woman in Speakeasy (Uncredited)

Original Name : Ellinor Vanderveer

Gender : Female

Character Name : Alice (Uncredited)

Original Name : Renee Whitney

Gender : Female

Character Name : Secretary (Uncredited)

Original Name : Pat Wing

Gender : Female

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-12-03

They used to say that in the end, Samuel Goldwyn couldn't get arrested in Hollywood. Well the same is true here for "Donald Free" (William Powell). His government career went down in flames and now he can't get a job for love nor money. Until, that is, he alights on the dodgy "Peerless" detective agency where he is charged with a frame-up of "Janet" (Margaret Lindsay) who has fallen foul of a gambler who is the man behind the cheques at his new employer. What nobody (except the audience, that is) predicts though, is that the two will begin to fall for each other and his task becomes not only more difficult, but downright perilous. It's quite a fun, and quirkily plotted, thriller this with a degree of chemistry on screen and just enough wriggle-room with the story to keep it interesting for an hour. By now the studio was quite adept at eking out the budget and the aesthetic of the film works quite well too, before a lively ending that offers no surprises but entertains well enough for a standard, afternoon B-feature.