John J. Malone Mystery Double Feature (MOD)

John J. Malone Mystery Double Feature (MOD)Murder becomes a laughing matter in two screwball mysteries based on the comic misadventures of attorney John J. Malone, one of the most popular fictional sleuths of the `40s and `50s. The creation of famed mystery writer Craig Rice, Malone played detective in 11 novels and 39 short stories as well as on radio, TV and film, and this madcap big screen collection spotlights two of his best. In Having Wonderful Crime (1945), Malone (Pat O'Brien) helps

a love triangle and antiwar elements combine in They Gave Him a Gun

Written by Lee Kalcheim

His quest eventually leads him to Vaughan (Elias Koteas)

Gilbert's costar in The Big Parade)

including Virginia Mayo

Ann Blyth and Steve Cochran

making life difficult not only for the townsfolk

the studio's third version

a TV movie he recalled as "a delightful film

a Best Actress Academy Award® (for 193os The Divorcee) and over a decade as the reigning queen of the MGM lot

Thanks to the meticulous new restoration presented on this disc

Fans may be surprised how the feisty Cagney persona plunges headfirst quite literally - into the rough stuff