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Fast Company is a american film of genre Drama directed by Edward Buzzell released in USA on 8 july 1938 with Melvyn Douglas
Fast Company (1938)
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Add to a movie listFast Company is a 1938 mystery film starring Melvyn Douglas and Florence Rice as married rare-book dealers who try to solve a murder case. It is based on the novel of the same name by "Marco Page" (Harry Kurnitz). It was followed by two 1939 films featuring the fictional couple, Fast and Loose and Fast and Furious, though they were played by different actors in each. Apparently, cinema distributors were complaining about the time lag between The Thin Man movies, so MGM started this trilogy featuring married amateur sleuths. To avoid confusion with a 1953 MGM film of the same title, Fast Company was rechristened Rare Book Murder for television.
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Joel and Garda Sloane run a rare book business in New York City. To supplement their meager income, Joel recovers stolen books. Insurance man Steve Langner drops off a check for his latest success. The couple also tries to help Ned Morgan, recently released from prison, find a job; they do not believe he was guilty of the theft of books from dealer Otto Brockler. Ned is in love with Brockler's daughter Leah.Actors
Melvyn Douglas
(Joel Sloane)
Claire Dodd
(Julia Thorne)
Florence Rice
(Garda Sloane)
Shepperd Strudwick
(Ned Morgan)
Louis Calhern
(Elias Z. 'Eli' Bannerman)
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