Over My Dead Body (1942 film)

Over My Dead Body is a 1942 American film directed by Malcolm St. Clair starring Milton Berle, Mary Beth Hughes and Reginald Denny.

Plot
Jason Cordry (Milton Berle) is a mystery writer whose plots are so convoluted that even he cannot comprehend them, and they are often left uncompleted.

His sympathetic wife, Patricia (Mary Beth Hughes), thinks she has discovered a winning story when she overhears three men discussing plans for a criminal endeavor. Jason, willing to take a risk for a good plot, decides to confess to a murder he did not commit. He incorrectly assumes that he can easily prove his innocence once he has extracted a story from the experience. He is almost convicted of the homicide, but at the last moment he is exonerated.

Cast

 * Milton Berle as Jason Cordry
 * Mary Beth Hughes as Patricia Cordry
 * Reginald Denny as Richard 'Dick' Brenner
 * Frank Orth as Detective
 * William B. Davidson as Crole
 * Wonderful Smith as Wonderful
 * Pat O'Malley as Petie Stuyvesant
 * Emory Parnell as Police Capt. Grady