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Topper Returns

Topper Returns

1941Movie⏱️ 1h 28mApproved
ComedyFantasyMysteryRomance
6.8
IMDB Rating
3,734 votes

A fun-loving young woman is murdered after trading bedrooms with her wealthy friend. Her ghost seeks aid from Topper to find the murderer.

Director
Roy Del Ruth
Writers
Thorne Smith, Jonathan Latimer, Gordon Douglas
Stars
Joan Blondell, Roland Young, Carole Landis
Release Date
March 21, 1941
Language
English
Country
United States
🎯 2
Nominations
💬 66
Reviews
📋 2.3K
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🎭 Top Cast

Joan Blondell
Joan Blondell
as Gail Richards
Roland Young
Roland Young
as Cosmo Topper
Carole Landis
Carole Landis
as Ann Carrington
Billie Burke
Billie Burke
as Mrs. Clara Topper
Dennis O'Keefe
Dennis O'Keefe
as Bob
Patsy Kelly
Patsy Kelly
as Topper's Maid
H.B. Warner
H.B. Warner
as Mr. Carrington
Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson
Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson
as Topper's Chauffeur
George Zucco
George Zucco
as Dr. Jeris
Donald MacBride
Donald MacBride
as Police Detective Roberts

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Color
Black and White
Filming Location
Hal Roach Studios - 8822 Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA
Production
Hal Roach Studios

🏷️ Keywords

screwball comedycar accidentsequelcar crashmurder investigation

🎯 Categories

FarceScrewball ComedyComedyFantasyMysteryRomance

⭐ Featured Review

What Is It About Topper And The Other World?
by bkoganbing2007-02-04
7/10

"For the third and final Topper film, Roland Young is now shed of the Kirbys from the two previous films and he and Billie Burke are now starting on a needed vacation with Eddie Anderson as chauffeur and Patsy Kelly as maid. Hey it's the best way to travel. But the other world isn't finished with him yet. Carole Landis and her friend Joan Blondell are on their way to spend the night with her father, H.B. Warner, at the old family haunted estate. If it wasn't haunted before it sure gets haunted after Blondell is murdered by mistake because the killer is after Landis. Of course t..."

💡 Did You Know?

Eddie (played by Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson) says that he's going back to "Mr. Benny". The reference is to Jack Benny, on whose radio and television programs Anderson played Rochester, Jack Benny's driver. This would imply that the character actually IS Rochester, but evidently they couldn't legally use that name, so they use his real name instead.

📖 Synopsis

A fun-loving young woman is murdered after trading bedrooms with her wealthy friend. Her ghost seeks aid from Topper to find the murderer.