the amaze mr. williams star melvyn douglas and who do five film in 1939 and one of which be ninotchka with garbo . his co star be joan blondell ( maxine ) and who also do five film that year and three of which they make together . douglas be lt. williams and and he and his co horts be present with a dead body and and they must figure out what really happen . viewer will recognize his co worker the actor ( clarence kolb and donald macbride and don beddoe ) always play position of authority . senator and bank president and policeman . this who dunnit have a flair of comedy to it the policeman be always throw jab at each other and and even williams and his girlfriend be battle verbally . some fun gag williams even take the man they arrest along on a date with his girlfriend . there a lot of fun stuff in here and so get past the slow beginning and wait for the funny stuff later on . don not want to give away any spoiler and so you will have to catch it on turner classic movie . director alexander hall make mostly comedy and and be reportedly engage to lucy at some point .