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1941 film by A. Edward Sutherland

Nine Lives Are Not Enough
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	A. Edward Sutherland
Screenplay by	Fred Niblo Jr.
Based on	Nine Lives Are Not Enough by Jerome Odlum
Produced by	Bryan Foy
Starring	Ronald Reagan Joan Perry James Gleason Faye Emerson
Cinematography	Ted D. McCord
Edited by	Doug Gould
Music by	William Lava
Production company	Warner Bros.
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date	September 20, 1941 (1941-09-20)
Running time	63 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Nine Lives Are Not Enough is a 1941 American comedy mystery film directed by A. Edward Sutherland and starring Ronald Reagan, Joan Perry and James Gleason. The film was produced and released by Warner Bros. It is based on the 1940 novel Nine Lives Are Not Enough by Jerome Odlum.

Plot

A reporter tries to solve a series of boarding house murders. The dramatic main plot murder action is intermixed with farce and slapstick comedic elements.

Cast

Ronald Reagan as Matt Sawyer
Joan Perry as Jane Abbott
James Gleason as Sgt. Sam Daniels
Howard Da Silva as J.B. Murray, City Editor
Faye Emerson as Rose Chadwick
Edward Brophy as Officer Slattery
Peter Whitney as Roy
Charles Drake as 'Snappy' Lucas
Vera Lewis as Mrs. Slocum
Ben Welden as Moxie Karper
Howard C. Hickman as Colonel Andrews
Cliff Clark as Lieutenant Buckley
Tom Stevenson as Charles
Paul Phillips as Hot-Foot
Joseph Crehan as Yates
John Maxwell as Gillis

References

Fetrow p.343
"Nine Lives Are Not Enough (1941) - Overview". TCM.com. Retrieved 2015-05-08.
"Nine Lives Are Not Enough". Afi.com. Retrieved 2015-05-08.
Vaughn p.255

Bibliography

Fetrow, Alan G. Feature Films, 1940-1949: a United States Filmography. McFarland, 1994.
Vaughn, Stephen. Ronald Reagan in Hollywood: Movies and Politics. Cambridge University Press, 1994.

External links

Nine Lives Are Not Enough at IMDb
Nine Lives Are Not Enough at the TCM Movie Database
Nine Lives Are Not Enough at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films

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Films directed by A. Edward Sutherland

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