It's one of the movies that Chester Morris starred in for Pine-Thomas, producers of good B movies for Paramount. Morris plays a private detective who has just married his occasional co-star Jean Parker, when they get involved in a missing person case in Reno.It's a decent effort, although director Frank MacDonald directs it with his budget clearly in mind, and Miss Parker seems to be doing a Paulette Goddard imitation. There are mild screwball overtones, and Morris is good at them, but there are too many suspects left in from Daniel Mainwaring's novel.Still, as with most of the Pine-Thomas productions, there's a good deal of pleasure watching actors and actresses either before they became famous (there's Rod Cameron away from the westerns), or past their glory days (Jack Norton, perennial comic drunk, plays a bar tender!), While by no means one of Pine-Thomas' better productions, it gets the job done.

Humphrey Campbell is a private detective working for a small agency specializing in missing persons cases. In his latest case, he tracks down a missing heiress and then calls his boss, Oscar Flack, and tells him that he won't be bringing the heiress, Louise, home because he and Louise just got married and they're going on a honeymoon. Oscar tells Humphrey that an important case has come up - a rancher in Nevada's adult son has gone missing. Oscar convinces Humphrey to investigate and on their way to Reno, Humphrey and Louise stop at a bank and end up in the middle of a bank holdup led by one Red Harris. Then in Reno, Oscar convinces Humphrey to take the case even though Humphrey is disinclined to do so because the FBI are involved but Oscar sweetens the deal by promising Louise a fur coat. The whole plot becomes increasingly complicated with a slew of suspects. Chester Morris plays Humphrey as a wise cracking, fast talking character just like his more famous Boston Blackie character. And what an entertaining character it is. My favorite scene is when the milk drinking Humphrey orders a glass of milk from bartender Jack Norton. Norton's reaction to this request is a hoot especially since Norton is most famous for his bit roles playing a drunk although in real life Norton was a teetotaler. The whole movie is fun throughout. Jean Parker does a very nice job as the feisty Louise and she and Morris have a great chemistry together. It was also fun spotting some favorite character actors such as Dick Purcell, George J. Lewis, and Milburn Stone. Available at Internet Archives and YouTube, this movie is well worth seeking out.

Chester Morris and Jean Parker star in this mystery that seems to have more comedy than mystery. They are newlyweds and are about to go on their honeymoon, when he is hired to find a missing person, as Chester is a detective. This film has a very relaxing and natural feel to it, as Chester and Jean banter back and forth. The viewer enjoys their company so much, you wish you could hang out with them for all the excitement and fun and games, particularly Chester. One might call it the Dean Martin trait. (They seem like the poor man's Nick and Nora Charles.) I tried to follow the mystery, as someone is indeed murdered. I did follow it, up the last 20 minutes or so. But what this has going for it is good company. If you're lucky enough to find this unknown little mystery, you've got one little gem, that has charm in spades.

In this movie produced by the "Two Dollar" Bills - William Pine and William Thomas, the always reliable Chester Morris played Detective Humphrey Campbell. Campbell was a creation of crime novelist Geoffrey Holmes who was to have his biggest writing success with "Build My Gallows High", which was turned into the film noir classic "Out of the Past".The title comes from a saying "death is timeless" and is depicted by a handless clock that is a feature of the Reno Mortuary. Stopping off to cash a cheque on his honeymoon (he has just married the heiress he had been assigned to find), Humphrey Campbell from a Missing Person's agency and his bride Louise (Jean Parker) find themselves in the middle of a hold up conducted by a thuggish red headed gangster (Dick Purcell). Once at the honeymoon destination - Reno!!! Humphrey's boss wants to send him on another case - a rancher wants him to find his missing son, Hal, who was last seen with a certain red head!!! The red head doesn't have much information to impart, an account of her being murdered.This is a terrific if complicated little mystery which should have been the start of a series. Chester Morris and Jean Parker had great chemistry, there were elements of the Thin Man. Who knows why a series didn't eventuate - probably because the same year saw the start of Morris's Boston Blackie for which he became best remembered and Jean Parker soon had her own (very short) series as Detective Kitty O'Day with definite emphasis on the slapstick.The Red Harris gang suddenly come back into the picture, they are very much interested in Humphrey, worried that he has identified them to the police as the bank robbers. They also seem to be connected to the kidnapping and Humphrey is beginning to wonder if Hal has been kidnapped at all!! By the end of the movie there have been several murders and also like the Thin Man the suspects gather nervously in a room waiting, or daring, Humphrey to unravel the complex mystery and offer his deductions. As usual with these tight little "who done its" there are a wealth of character performances. Grant Withers looking every bit of his 35 years, unfortunately, as one of the victims, he only has a small scene. Astrid Alwyn had developed from chilly other woman roles of the 30s to a decorative character actress in the 40s. Here she was admittedly a gangsters moll but she still exuded a "good gal" aura. Rose Hobart did have a few films of note in the early 30s but returned to the stage only returning to Hollywood in the 40s in usually stern faced women roles. Keye Luke had already finished his most famous movie association - as Charlie Chan's No. 1 son. After 1942 he had another continuing role in the Dr. Kildare series.