The Amazing Mr. Williams
1939Kenny Williams, a lieutenant on the homicide squad, is engaged to Maxine Carroll, the Mayor's secretary. Or isn't he rather married with his job? For each time he has a date with his longtime fiancée, he is prevented from keeping it by his devotion to duty. Maxine, in desperation, decides to take action and bring Kenny to the altar. Who will win, Maxine's curves or the glorious fight against crime?
Acted in
Melvyn Douglas
as Kenny Williams
Joan Blondell
as Maxine Carroll
Clarence Kolb
as Captain McGovern
Ruth Donnelly
as Effie Perkins
Edward Brophy
as Buck Moseby
Donald MacBride
as Lieutenant Bixler
Don Beddoe
as Detective Deever
Jonathan Hale
as Mayor
John Wray
as Stanley
Jane Barnes
as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Julie Bishop
as Face of 7th Victim in Newspaper Photo (uncredited)
Lela Bliss
as Citizens Committee Woman (uncredited)
Maurice Cass
as Little Man (uncredited)
Jimmy Conlin
as Master of Ceremonies (uncredited)
Dick Curtis
as Joe (uncredited)
Eddie Dunn
as Race Track Spectator (uncredited)
Maude Eburne
as Landlady (uncredited)
Sarah Edwards
as Citizens Committee Woman (uncredited)
Dick Elliott
as Druggist (uncredited)
Lorna Gray
as Nurse (uncredited)
Richard Lane
as Reagan (uncredited)
Robert Middlemass
as Police Commissioner (uncredited)
Walter Miller
as Browning (uncredited)
Sally Payne
as Jean - Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Barbara Pepper
as Muriel - Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Ralph Peters
as Joe - Tobacco Store Proprietor (uncredited)
Virginia Sale
as Miss Mason - Schoolteacher (uncredited)
Walter Sande
as Police Stenographer (uncredited)
Harry Semels
as Race Track Spectator (uncredited)
Peggy Shannon
as Kitty (uncredited)
Wyndham Standing
as Elevator Passenger (uncredited)
Robert Sterling
as Elevator Boy (uncredited)
Anthony Warde
as Bouncer (uncredited)
E. Alyn Warren
as Clerk (uncredited)
Dave Willock
as Bellboy (uncredited)