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To gain entry to Heaven, a ghost attempts to reunite a divorcing couple as a good deed.To gain entry to Heaven, a ghost attempts to reunite a divorcing couple as a good deed.To gain entry to Heaven, a ghost attempts to reunite a divorcing couple as a good deed.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 1 nomination total
Asta
- 'Mr. Atlas' - Dog
- (as Skippy)
Diana Arden
- Girl
- (uncredited)
William Austin
- Seated Roulette Player
- (uncredited)
Bobby Barber
- Hotel Staffer Moving Bed
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaSkippy (believed to have been born in 1931 or 1932) was already famous, having appeared in over a dozen films before 1938's "Topper Takes a Trip". His leap to fame came in 1934 as Asta in "The Thin Man". The wire fox terrier spawned a demand for the breed in the thirties. He reprised the Asta role in at least 3 other Thin Man movies and he played George in "Bringing Up Baby", supporting Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant.
- GoofsWhen Topper loses control while driving the sports car, we see him in closeup, then in long shot careening up a hill, between trees. It is obvious that it is not Roland Young because he is bald and the stunt driver has dark hair.
- Quotes
Wilkins: Mr. Topper's in jail, Madam.
Mrs. Topper: In jail? What for?
Wilkins: Disturbing the peace, malicious destruction and common drunkenness, Madam.
Mrs. Topper: And they put him in jail for that?
- Crazy creditsOpening credits are displayed as Luggage Labels for cast and crew.
- Alternate versionsThe film was colorized in the late 1980s.
- ConnectionsEdited from Topper (1937)
Featured review
He Had NO Sand in His Shorts!
This sequel to the funny Topper lacks the entire sophistication of that film yet is able to stand all by itself as a worthy successor based on the performance of Roland Young once again playing the amusing, befuddled Cosmo Topper - he who sees dead people way before it became fashionable by The Sixth Sense and on a cast of wonderful character actors doing their "bit." Topper Takes a Trip does have some major flaws; however. The film opens with Young in a courtroom going through divorce proceedings from his even more befuddled wife Billie Burke. Topper explains to the courtroom how he was befriended by the ghosts of Constance Bennet and Cary Grant(who could not join his former cast-mates because he was now too big a star but magnanimously agreed to allow them to use footage from the original - Swell Guy!). This whole beginning seems very forced as it tries to make sure that all is explained in case you missed the first film. Once they get out of the courtroom, Topper and one ghost and her ghostly dog go on a drinking binge and discover that Mrs. Topper's best friend has taken her to Paris to try and get her hooked up with a Baron there. Topper and companions follow and the laughs go from a trickle to an avalanche at times as Young does all kinds of crazy things with the aid of his spectral friend. The hotel is headed by Franklin Pangborn whose performance really is a comic treat. Pangborn made me laugh so hard with that sardonic look and witticisms. Butler Alan Mowbray follows and adds a fine turn as the Topper's butler. The rest of the cast is also suitably funny. It is important to remember just how influential these films were in this little sub-genre and that the special effects used were state-of-the-art at the time(Oscar nominated in this case. Many scenes stand out for me as truly masterful bits of comedic timing: Young dancing with a ghost on the dance floor, Alexander D'Arcy(the Baron) being bulldozed by a huge beach ball while shortless in the sand, and Young being cramped in his small room standing out particularly.
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- Jul 7, 2007
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- Runtime1 hour 20 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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