Who Done It? (1942) | |
| Director(s) | Erle C. Kenton |
| Producer(s) | Alex Gottlieb |
| Top Genres | Comedy, Family, Mystery |
| Top Topics | Detectives, Spies |
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Who Done It? (1942) was a Comedy - Mystery Film directed by Erle C. Kenton and produced by Alex Gottlieb.
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Who Done It? (1956)
By The Metzinger Sisters on Apr 16, 2024 From Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film LoversBenny Hill done it, that's who! Before the famed English comedian made a name for himself on television as the star of The Benny Hill Show, he made this fast-moving farce playing a detective who sets out to capture enemy agents bent on destroying England with a weather-making machine. Hill stars as ... Read full article
Abbott and Costello Films: Buck Privates, Hold That Ghost, Who Done It?
By 4 Star Film Fan on Jan 4, 2023 From 4 Star FilmsService comedies almost feel like a rite of passage for comedy teams, and it’s no different with this early success from Abbott and Costello. Against their hijinks, there’s a blatantly obvious love triangle (Lee Bowman, Jane Frazee, and Alan Curtis) meant to lend some balance to the dram... Read full article
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Mervin Q. Milgrim:
I've seen better heads on malted milks.
Mervin Q. Milgrim: [nauseous] I gotta go back upstairs and get something...
Chick Larkin: What have you gotta get?
Mervin Q. Milgrim: My stomach...
Mervin Q. Milgrim: [Mervin and Chick and performing their radio play for Juliet, Mervin's holding a gun on Chick] Bang! Ow! Bang! Ow! Bang! Ow!
Juliet Collins: Wait a minute, if you're shooting at him
[Chick]
Juliet Collins: , then why are you yelling?
Mervin Q. Milgrim: I'm holding the gun backwards!
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Mervin Q. Milgrim: [nauseous] I gotta go back upstairs and get something...
Chick Larkin: What have you gotta get?
Mervin Q. Milgrim: My stomach...
Mervin Q. Milgrim: [Mervin and Chick and performing their radio play for Juliet, Mervin's holding a gun on Chick] Bang! Ow! Bang! Ow! Bang! Ow!
Juliet Collins: Wait a minute, if you're shooting at him
[Chick]
Juliet Collins: , then why are you yelling?
Mervin Q. Milgrim: I'm holding the gun backwards!
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Facts about
This was the first Bud Abbott and Lou Costello film that did not contain musical numbers. As a result, it was shortest film that they had made to date.
The "watts-volts" routine was not in the script. It was created by Bud Abbott and Lou Costello on the set.
During the scene in which Lou Costello is "interrogating" the radio show cast, he blurts out the question, "Where were you on the night of January 16th?". This is reference to the famous Broadway play of the same name by Ayn Rand, the Russian-born novelist and philosopher who wrote "The Fountainhead" and "Atlas Shrugged". "The Night of January 16th" was also made into a movie in 1941.
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The "watts-volts" routine was not in the script. It was created by Bud Abbott and Lou Costello on the set.
During the scene in which Lou Costello is "interrogating" the radio show cast, he blurts out the question, "Where were you on the night of January 16th?". This is reference to the famous Broadway play of the same name by Ayn Rand, the Russian-born novelist and philosopher who wrote "The Fountainhead" and "Atlas Shrugged". "The Night of January 16th" was also made into a movie in 1941.
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