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A fun-loving young woman is murdered after trading bedrooms with her wealthy friend. Her ghost seeks aid from Topper to find the murderer.A fun-loving young woman is murdered after trading bedrooms with her wealthy friend. Her ghost seeks aid from Topper to find the murderer.A fun-loving young woman is murdered after trading bedrooms with her wealthy friend. Her ghost seeks aid from Topper to find the murderer.
- Nominated for 2 Oscars
- 2 nominations total
Eddy Chandler
- Jim - Police Sergeant
- (uncredited)
George Lloyd
- Boat Captain
- (uncredited)
William H. O'Brien
- Second Butler
- (uncredited)
Slicker the Seal
- Slicker the Seal
- (uncredited)
Brick Sullivan
- Darryl - Police Officer
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaEddie (played by Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson) says that he's going back to "Mr. Benny". The reference is to Jack Benny, on whose radio and television programs Anderson played Rochester, Jack Benny's driver. This would imply that the character actually IS Rochester, but evidently they couldn't legally use that name, so they use his real name instead.
- GoofsWhen an interrogated suspect is about to reveal something crucial, the lights go out, leaving the room in complete darkness. This shouldn't be since there's a fire burning in a large fireplace nearby.
- Quotes
Eddie, the Chauffeur: Doors closing by themselves. People talkin' to nuthin' and gettin' answers. I'm going back.
Clara Topper: Back where?
Eddie, the Chauffeur: To Mr. Benny. Ain't nuthin' like this ever happened there.
- ConnectionsEdited into Your Afternoon Movie: Topper Returns (2022)
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Final film in the Topper trilogy - probably the best
Most of the film takes place in a spooky mansion with secret doors, hidden passageways and a creepy knife-wielding killer lurking in the shadows.
Roland Young reprises his role as Cosmo Topper, the straight-laced, bespectacled banker. In the original, Cary Grant and Constance Bennet were the ghosts who only Topper could see. This time it's Joan Blondell who is accidentally murdered.
Billie Burke is the hysterical and somewhat dotty Mrs. Topper. Donald MacBride is a flustered police sergeant straight out of keystone cops.
Check out Joan Blondell's friend, Carole Landis, as the rich girl who was the intended murder victim. Landis was in her early 20's and committed suicide at 29. She was an absolutely gorgeous woman who, unfortunately, is not remembered.
The actor who steals the film is Eddie "Rochester" Anderson as the chauffeur. He played Jack Benny's sidekick Rochester on radio and TV. He has the movie's best lines and was an extremely talented comedian.
This was the final film in the series after TOPPER (1937) and TOPPER TAKES A TRIP (1939).
If you want to see one of the original haunted house mysteries with lots of darkness, sound effects and screams this is it.
Roland Young reprises his role as Cosmo Topper, the straight-laced, bespectacled banker. In the original, Cary Grant and Constance Bennet were the ghosts who only Topper could see. This time it's Joan Blondell who is accidentally murdered.
Billie Burke is the hysterical and somewhat dotty Mrs. Topper. Donald MacBride is a flustered police sergeant straight out of keystone cops.
Check out Joan Blondell's friend, Carole Landis, as the rich girl who was the intended murder victim. Landis was in her early 20's and committed suicide at 29. She was an absolutely gorgeous woman who, unfortunately, is not remembered.
The actor who steals the film is Eddie "Rochester" Anderson as the chauffeur. He played Jack Benny's sidekick Rochester on radio and TV. He has the movie's best lines and was an extremely talented comedian.
This was the final film in the series after TOPPER (1937) and TOPPER TAKES A TRIP (1939).
If you want to see one of the original haunted house mysteries with lots of darkness, sound effects and screams this is it.
- StanleyStrangelove
- Jun 10, 2007
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Details
- Runtime1 hour 28 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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