It Couldn't Have Happened (But It Did)

When a play's two producers are murdered, the playwright tries to solve the crime.

Cast

Reginald Denny

as Greg Stone

Inez Courtney

as Linda Sands

Jack La Rue

as Smiley Clark

Hugh Marlowe

as Edward Forrest

Evelyn Brent

as Beverly Blake

Claude King

as Ellis Holden

Bryant Washburn

as Norman Carter

Robert Homans

as Police Lt. O'Neill

Crauford Kent

as Bob Bennett

Robert Frazer

as Lloyd Schaefer, Stage Manager

Reviews

CinemaSerf

Reginald Denny is quite charismatic here as "Stone", a playwright who is cajoled into getting to the bottom of the double-murder of two of his theatrical producer friends. His problem here is that he is just as much of a suspect for the police as any of the other candidates so would rather just keep...

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