The Missing Corpse

The Body Was A.W.O.L.... and a House Party was on the loose!

The Missing Corpse — Plot

A feud between rival newspapermen Kruger (Bromberg) and McDonald (Guilfoyle) goes deadly when blackmailing McDonald ends up murdered and his corpse planted in the trunk of Kruger's car. Good guy Kruger attempts to hide McDonald's body, with the help of chauffeur Hogan (Jenks), to keep from being charged with murder. However, zany scenarios occur as the body just won't stay hidden, and keeps on popping up in multiple places where Kruger is located, leading to him hiding the body again and again while Kruger tries to find the real killer.

• Release date
• June 1, 1945
• Runtime
• 62 min
• Genres
• Mystery, Comedy
• Director
• Albert Herman

The Missing Corpse — Cast

J. Edward Bromberg Henry Kruger Isabel Randolph Alice Kruger Frank Jenks Mack Hogan Eric Sinclair James Kruger Paul Guilfoyle Andy McDonald Ben Welden "Slippery Joe" Clary Charles Coleman Egbert Eddy Waller Desmond