Francis Warren (Errol Flynn) is an investment banker by day and secretly a successful mystery writer under the pseudonym F.X. Pettijohn unbeknownst to his wife. Police Inspector Mason (Alan Hale) mocks his writing on the radio. His mother-in-law wants to sue the writer. A real case comes up and he competes to solve it.
The best part of this movie may be Alan Hale. The rest is a second rate Agatha Christie mystery and includes a sinister Oriental servant. Errol Flynn is a functional leading man. He's dapper but he doesn't add much else. Sometimes he tries to be funny but that doesn't really work. The wife and mother caper is probably the funniest aspect. I'm not sure where this fits in Errol Flynn's womanizing stardom. It does come before being rejected from enlisting in the war and his statutory rape trial. As for the movie, the mystery isn't that engaging and the comedy isn't that funny. It's rather average.
The best part of this movie may be Alan Hale. The rest is a second rate Agatha Christie mystery and includes a sinister Oriental servant. Errol Flynn is a functional leading man. He's dapper but he doesn't add much else. Sometimes he tries to be funny but that doesn't really work. The wife and mother caper is probably the funniest aspect. I'm not sure where this fits in Errol Flynn's womanizing stardom. It does come before being rejected from enlisting in the war and his statutory rape trial. As for the movie, the mystery isn't that engaging and the comedy isn't that funny. It's rather average.