Private Detective 62

1933 PG-13 1h 6m

6.1 / 10 24

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6.1/10

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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.

Director Michael Curtiz

Writers

Rian James Raoul Whitfield

Stars

William Powell Margaret Lindsay Arthur Hohl

Bartender (Uncredited)

Eddie Dunn

Club Doorman (Uncredited)

Charles Lane

Process Server (Uncredited)

Eddie Phillips

Mrs. Wright's Paramour (Uncredited)

Georges Renavent

Ship's Captain Henri LaFarge (Uncredited)

Sheila Terry

Mrs. Wright (Uncredited)

Charles C. Wilson

Club Bartender (Uncredited)

Toby Wing

Free's Lady Friend (Uncredited)

Joan Barclay

Gambler (Uncredited)

Bill Elliott

Man at Roulette Table (Uncredited)

Theresa Harris

Janet's Maid (Uncredited)

Casino Man (Uncredited)

Client with Free (Uncredited)

Ellinor Vanderveer

Woman in Speakeasy (Uncredited)

Renee Whitney

Alice (Uncredited)

Pat Wing

Secretary (Uncredited)

Loretta Andrews

Speakeasy Patron (uncredited)

Speakeasy Patron (uncredited)

Crime Drama

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Geronimo1967 3 Dec 2022

6/10

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 gamb...