Scared Stiff (1945)
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This comedy centers around an inept reporter who wouldn't recognize a hot story if it burned him on the hand. The trouble begins when he is assigned to do a story on a local wine festival. Meanwhile an escaped convict holds the heated interest of the rest of the newspaper employees. The bungler gets involved when he goes to the wrong location and ends up on a bus where someone is killed. He becomes a suspect, and later when he must stop at an inn, he finds his girl friend and a detective there too. At the inn, the proprietor has two priceless jeweled chess pieces that have been attracting a lot of attention from the public, and from the fugitive convict. Mayhem ensues when the crook shows up to claim the chessmen. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- Starring:
- Jack Haley, Ann Savage, (more)
- Director(s):
- Frank McDonald
- Format(s):
- DVD
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Synopsis of Scared Stiff
This comedy centers around an inept reporter who wouldn't recognize a hot story if it burned him on the hand. The trouble begins when he is assigned to do a story on a local wine festival. Meanwhile an escaped convict holds the heated interest of the rest of the newspaper employees. The bungler gets involved when he goes to the wrong location and ends up on a bus where someone is killed. He becomes a suspect, and later when he must stop at an inn, he finds his girl friend and a detective there too. At the inn, the proprietor has two priceless jeweled chess pieces that have been attracting a lot of attention from the public, and from the fugitive convict. Mayhem ensues when the crook shows up to claim the chessmen. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 64 mins
Complete Cast of Scared Stiff
- Jack Haley - Larry Elliot
- Barton MacLane - Deacon Markham
- Arthur Ayleswofth - Emerson Cooke
- Lucien Littlefield - Charles Waldeck/Preston Waldeck
- Eily Malyon - Mrs. Cooke
- Roger Pryor - Richardson
- Ann Savage - Sally Warren
- Veda Ann Borg - Flo Rosson
- George E. Stone - Mink
- Robert Emmett Keane - Prof. Wisner
- Buddy Swan - Oliver Waldeck
- Paul Hurst - Sheriff
- Director(s):
- Frank McDonald
- Writer(s):
- Maxwell Shane, Daniel Mainwaring
- Producer(s):
- William C. Thomas, William Pine
- Categories:
- Mystery & Suspense, Comedy
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