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6.8/10
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A fun-loving young woman is murdered after trading bedrooms with her wealthy friend. Her ghost seeks aid from Topper to find the murderer.A fun-loving young woman is murdered after trading bedrooms with her wealthy friend. Her ghost seeks aid from Topper to find the murderer.A fun-loving young woman is murdered after trading bedrooms with her wealthy friend. Her ghost seeks aid from Topper to find the murderer.
- Nominated for 2 Oscars
- 2 nominations total
Eddy Chandler
- Jim - Police Sergeant
- (uncredited)
George Lloyd
- Boat Captain
- (uncredited)
William H. O'Brien
- Second Butler
- (uncredited)
Slicker the Seal
- Slicker the Seal
- (uncredited)
Brick Sullivan
- Darryl - Police Officer
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaIn the film, Eddie (played by Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson) says that he's going back to "Mr. Benny." The reference is to Jack Benny, on whose radio and television programs Anderson played Rochester, Jack Benny's driver. This would imply that the character actually IS Rochester, but evidently they couldn't legally use that name, so they use his real name instead.
- GoofsWhen an interrogated suspect is about to reveal something crucial, the lights go out, leaving the room in complete darkness. This shouldn't be since there's a fire burning in a large fireplace nearby.
- Quotes
Eddie, the Chauffeur: Doors closing by themselves. People talkin' to nuthin' and gettin' answers. I'm going back.
Clara Topper: Back where?
Eddie, the Chauffeur: To Mr. Benny. Ain't nuthin' like this ever happened there.
- ConnectionsEdited into Your Afternoon Movie: Topper Returns (2022)
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Murder Most Funny
Sexy, wise-cracking Joan Blondell, who has accompanied her best friend back to her stately home to meet her father after many, many years, mysteriously is knifed after having traded rooms with Carole Landis - the intended victim. In true Topper fashion, her ghost finds the next-door neighbor who had given them both a lift earlier, one Cosmo Topper. He sees dead people all the time, way before it became quite so fashionable in The Sixth Sense. Topper Returns is the third and last of the Topper series, all of which starred Roland Young as the lead and Billie Burke as his annoying wife. Young plays the role to perfection again and Burke is equally up to the challenge. Lots of support in this one for Young and Burke as the old, spooky haunted house genre serves as primary backdrop when Topper goes to the scene of the crime and then we get mixed identities, hidden panels, scores of red herrings pointing out everyone's guilt except for the killer but generously dosed with lots of amusing quips from Young, wise-cracking one-liners from Blondell in ghostly form, by-play between Burke and her maid, the underrated Patsy Kelly, and chauffeur/fraidy cat Eddie "Rochester" Anderson basically playing himself and hamming it up as only he can. Anderson is easily the brightest spot in the film for me, even at one point making reference to former employer Jack Benny! But the cast also has the eerie likes of George Zucco, H. B. Warner, Donald MacBryde, and Rafaela Ottiano playing one creepy housekeeper. While definitely not as polished a production as the original Topper, Topper Returns is a whole lot more fun in Hal Roach fashion. It is my favourite of the three Topper films as it mixes comedy with horror rather well for its time.
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- BaronBl00d
- Apr 20, 2006
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- Runtime1 hour 28 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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