Nine Lives Are Not Enough

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