Nine Lives Are Not Enough Explained

Nine Lives Are Not Enough
Director:	A. Edward Sutherland
Producer:	Bryan Foy
Screenplay:	Fred Niblo Jr.
Starring:	Ronald Reagan Joan Perry James Gleason Faye Emerson
Music:	William Lava
Cinematography:	Ted D. McCord
Editing:	Doug Gould
Studio:	Warner Bros.
Distributor:	Warner Bros.
Runtime:	63 minutes
Country:	United States
Language:	English

Nine Lives Are Not Enough is a 1941 American comedy mystery film directed by A. Edward Sutherland and starring Ronald Reagan, Joan Perry and James Gleason.^[1] The film was produced and released by Warner Bros.^[2] ^[3] It is based on the 1940 novel Nine Lives Are Not Enough by Jerome Odlum.^[4]

Plot

A reporter tries to solve a series of boarding house murders. The dramatic main plot murder action is intermixed with farce and slapstick comedic elements.

Cast

Ronald Reagan as Matt Sawyer
Joan Perry as Jane Abbott
James Gleason as Sgt. Sam Daniels
Howard Da Silva as J.B. Murray, City Editor
Faye Emerson as Rose Chadwick
Edward Brophy as Officer Slattery
Peter Whitney as Roy
Charles Drake as 'Snappy' Lucas
Vera Lewis as Mrs. Slocum
Ben Welden as Moxie Karper
Howard C. Hickman as Colonel Andrews
Cliff Clark as Lieutenant Buckley
Tom Stevenson as Charles
Paul Phillips as Hot-Foot
Joseph Crehan as Yates
John Maxwell as Gillis

Bibliography

Fetrow, Alan G. Feature Films, 1940-1949: a United States Filmography. McFarland, 1994.
Vaughn, Stephen. Ronald Reagan in Hollywood: Movies and Politics. Cambridge University Press, 1994.

Notes and References

Fetrow p.343
Web site: Nine Lives Are Not Enough (1941) - Overview . TCM.com . 2015-05-08.
Web site: Nine Lives Are Not Enough . Afi.com . 2015-05-08.
Vaughn p.255