Nick Carter, Master Detective (film)
| Nick Carter, Master Detective | |
|---|---|
.jpeg) Half sheet theatrical poster | |
| Directed by | Jacques Tourneur |
| Produced by | Lucien Hubbard |
| Written by | Bertram Millhauser |
| Based on | original story by Bertram Millhauser and Harold Buckley |
| Starring |
Walter Pidgeon Rita Johnson |
| Music by | Edward Ward |
| Cinematography | Charles Lawton Jr. |
| Edited by | Elmo Veron |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Release dates | 13 December 1939 (New York, USA) |
Running time | 59 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $379,000[1] |
| Box office | $456,000[1] |
Nick Carter, Master Detective is a 1940 film starring Walter Pidgeon in the title role.[2]
Cast
- Nick Carter/Robert Chalmers - Walter Pidgeon
- Lou Farnsby - Rita Johnson
- John A. Keller - Henry Hull
- Dr. Frankton - Stanley Ridges
- Bartholomew - Donald Meek
- Hiram Streeter - Addison Richards
- J. Lester Hammil - Henry Victor
- Dave Krebe - Milburn Stone
- Otto King - Martin Kosleck
- Pete - Frank Faylen
- Bee-Catcher - Sterling Holloway
- Cliff Parsons - Wally Maher
- Denny - Edgar Dearing
- Cabbie - William Newell
- Workman - Eddy Chandler
- Locker Guard - Harry Tyler
Reception
According to MGM records the movie earned $276,000 in the US and Canada and $180,000 elsewhere, making a loss to the studio of $93,000.[1]
The New York Times wrote, "No, this isn't Nick Carter as we remember him, but it's an amusing fiction for all that, with enough action to compensate for the arch unoriginality of the plot and with pleasantly casual performances all around. Walter Pidgeon's Nick Carter is a comfortingly uncerebral sleuth: it's good, for a change, to meet a detective who does not stumble over hairpins while failing to notice a ten-ton truck. But even more than Nick, we enjoyed Donald Meek's Bartholomew, the Beeman, who is a bit cracked from reading detective story magazines and inevitably cracks the case. They make a gay crime-solving combination, and we've no doubt Metro intends to give us other Nicks in time." [3] while Time Out more recently wrote, "Tourneur's second film in Hollywood, it's briskly and competently done, but the best thing about it is Donald Meek's performance as Bartholomew the Bee Man, a mousy little apiculturist who fancies himself as a private eye." [4]
References
- 1 2 3 The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
- ↑ "Nick Carter, Master Detective (1939) - Overview - TCM.com". Turner Classic Movies.
- ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9801E7DD153EE432A25757C1A9649D946894D6CF
- ↑ "Nick Carter – Master Detective". Time Out New York.
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