Fast and Loose (1939 film)

1939 film by Edwin L. Marin

Robert Montgomery
Rosalind Russell

CinematographyGeorge J. FolseyEdited byElmo Veron

Production
company

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Distributed byLoew's Inc.

Release date

February 17, 1939 (1939-02-17)

Running time

80 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish

Fast and Loose is a 1939 American thriller film directed by Edwin L. Marin and starring Robert Montgomery, Rosalind Russell and Reginald Owen. It is a sequel to the 1938 film Fast Company and was followed the same year by Fast and Furious. In each film, different actors played the crime-solving couple.

Plot

Rare booksellers Joel and Garda Sloane try to solve a murder, which hinges on a missing scrap of a William Shakespeare manuscript.^[1]

Cast

Robert Montgomery as Joel Sloane
Rosalind Russell as Garda Sloane
Reginald Owen as Vincent Charlton
Ralph Morgan as Nicholas "Nick" Torrent
Etienne Girardot as Christopher Oates
Alan Dinehart as David Hilliard
Jo Ann Sayers as Christine Torrent
Joan Marsh as Bobby Neville
John Hubbard as Phil Sergeant
Tom Collins as Gerald Torrent
Sidney Blackmer as "Lucky" Nolan
Donald Douglas as Inspector Forbes
Ian Wolfe as Mr Wilkes
Mary Forbes as Mrs Torrent
Leonard Carey as Craddock, Mrs Torrent's butler

Critical reception

The New York Times wrote, "a sense of humor, a facile style, genial performances and just enough puzzlement to keep us from suspecting the least suspicious member of the cast".^[2]

References

^ "Fast and Loose (1939)". Film & TV Database. British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 6 February 2009. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
^ Nugent, Frank S. (1939-03-09). "Movie Review - The Saint Strikes Back - THE SCREEN; Passing Judgments on Criterion's 'Fast and Loose', the Paramount's 'Never Say Die' and Others". NYTimes.com. Retrieved 2014-03-22.