A dead guy walks into a marriage. The punchline? Everyone's too awkward to ask questions.
Acting
Pat O'Brien's gleefully obnoxious 'corpse' energy carries every scene.
Writing
Razor-sharp dialogue that treats haunting like a minor social faux pas.
Direction
Ray Enright keeps 70 minutes tight—no fat, all farce.
Director
Ray Enright
Pat O'Brien
Michael O'Flaherty 'Speed' McBride
Adolphe Menjou
Kismet
Ellen Drew
Connie McBride
Rudy Vallee
Gordon Tolliver
Fortunio Bonanova
Prof. Zorado
Joseph Crehan
Dr. James P. Whitney
Jonathan Hale
Osborne
Minna Gombell
Aunt Sophie
Jason Robards Sr.
Henry Fletcher
Jack Norton
William T. Lafferty
Robert Homans
Uncle Barney McBride (uncredited)
Tom Kennedy
Bartender (uncredited)
Carl Switzer
Ignatius Lafferty (uncredited)
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