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A glamorous ghost helps a henpecked husband save his wife from gold-digging friends.
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Meek New York bank president Cosmo Topper is hauled into divorce court by his wife Clara, who accuses her husband of adultery. In court, Topper explains how he met the "other woman," the ghost of Marion Kerby, after she and her husband George were killed in an auto accident. The judge throws the case out of court and Clara is coached by her troublemaking friend, Mrs. Parkhurst, to sail to France and get a divorce. Meanwhile, Marion, learning of her old friend Toppy's troubles, comes back to earth and forces the mild-mannered Topper to follow and fight for his home. They arrive at the Riviera to find Clara being courted by the fortune hunting Baron de Rossi. Weird occurences on the Riviera abound when Topper and Marion are forced to lodge in the same tiny room and Marion decides to win a bundle of money at the casino. The Baron loses his suavity as Marion resolves to remove him from Clara's life, and after a series of comic incidents, her campaign succeeds and the muddled Toppers are reconciled.

Cast & Crew
Constance Bennett
as Marion Kerby
Roland Young
as Mr. [Cosmo] Topper
Billie Burke
as Mrs. [Clara] Topper
Alan Mowbray
as Wilkins
Verree Teasdale
as Mrs. Parkhurst
Franklin Pangborn
as Hotel manager [Louis]
Alexander D'Arcy
as Baron [de Rossi]
Paul Hurst
as Bartender
Armand Kaliz
as Hotel clerk
Eddy Conrad
as Jailer
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Release Date
12 Jan 1939

Color/BW


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Production Dates
late Aug--early Oct 1938


Duration (in mins)
80 or 85

Duration (in reels)
8

Premiere Information
New York opening: week of 30 Dec 1938
late Aug--early Oct 1938


Distribution Company
United Artists Corp.

Production Company
Hal Roach Studios, Inc.


Country
United States
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