A reporter who wants to solve crimes gets into comic scrapes with a beautiful stranger and a misunderstood dog.A reporter who wants to solve crimes gets into comic scrapes with a beautiful stranger and a misunderstood dog.A reporter who wants to solve crimes gets into comic scrapes with a beautiful stranger and a misunderstood dog.
Harry Morgan
- Gus Rivers
- (as Henry Morgan)
Whit Bissell
- Chester Frye
- (uncredited)
Charles Cane
- Bill Madigan
- (uncredited)
Kathryn Card
- Mrs. James
- (uncredited)
Ruth Cherrington
- Minor Role
- (uncredited)
Clancy Cooper
- House Detective
- (uncredited)
Jeff Corey
- Sam Black
- (uncredited)
Jimmy Cross
- Taxicab Driver
- (uncredited)
Tom Dugan
- Taxicab Driver
- (uncredited)
Pat Flaherty
- Policeman
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- Quotes
Joe Parelli: What's the matter, mister? Married?
Henry Barton: No... too much plutonium.
Joe Pirelli: Plu...ton...? Myself, I never use it.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Just William's Luck (1948)
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A Reporter, A Cop And A Dog
It's one of those "the craziest things happen in Brooklyn" movies. Allyn Joslyn is a reporter who has fouled up so often he's been demoted to science editor, picking up information from children's books. He thinks he has a lead on a real story, so he heads over to Margo Woods' rooming house. No dice, so he tries a local bar with her picture. There, Carole Landis walks in with a trained Doberman Pinscher for some bones. Some money goes missing, and he phones in the story. It soon turns out it was a gag by one of the barflies. Soon enough, crook Harry Morgan, Miss Landis and the dog are involved in the story.
It's one of those brittle post-war comedies which smacks of some subtextual meaning, but mostly it's a decent, if dry little comedy in which everyone acts in an over-the-top manner. There are some good comedy situations directed at a good clip by B director Herbert Leeds.
Leeds started in the movie business illustrating title cards. By the early 1930s he was an editor, and he became a director in 1938. Over the next twelve years he headed a couple of movies each year, then into television. He killed himself in 1954, age 54.
It's one of those brittle post-war comedies which smacks of some subtextual meaning, but mostly it's a decent, if dry little comedy in which everyone acts in an over-the-top manner. There are some good comedy situations directed at a good clip by B director Herbert Leeds.
Leeds started in the movie business illustrating title cards. By the early 1930s he was an editor, and he became a director in 1938. Over the next twelve years he headed a couple of movies each year, then into television. He killed himself in 1954, age 54.
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- boblipton
- Apr 9, 2020
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $800,000
- Runtime1 hour 10 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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By what name was It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog (1946) officially released in India in English?
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