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Fast Company (1938)

By on April 28, 2016
Fast Company (1938) 

 Run Time: 73 min. | b/w
Director: Edward Buzzell
Stars: Melvyn Douglas, Florence Rice, Claire Dodd, Louis Calhern
 Genres: Romance | Comedy | Mystery
Storyline
Who bumped off bibliophile Otto Brockler? Mystery turns a new page when booksellers and amateur sleuths Joel and Garda Sloane sift through clues and suspects in the first of the three brisk, urbane Sloane films.
Did you know:
1) The three films of the “Fast Series” were produced by Metro because exhibitors were clamoring for more movies from the Thin Man Series. The “Fast” films were intended to fill that gap.
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