Private Detective 62
Private Detective 62 is a 1933 American pre-Code detective film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring William Powell as a private detective who falls for a woman whom he has been hired to frame in a scandal.
Plot
In France, U.S. State Department employee Donald Free is caught trying to steal French state papers. Free is released from his job and is deported. Back in the U.S., Free finds difficulty finding another job during the Great Depression. He convinces Dan Hogan, a crooked and incompetent private detective, to become his partner. Without Free's knowledge, Hogan is financed by gangster Tony Bandor and business booms.
More details
| author | Rian James |
|---|---|
| director | Michael Curtiz |
| editor | Harold McLernon |
| genre | crime |
| keywords | arrest collect free fall gamble great depression id kill private detective society woman think u.s. state department united states department of state win |
| musicBy | Bernhard Kaun |
| publisher | Warner Bros. Pictures |