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I Love a Mystery (1945)

I Love a Mystery poster
Directed by
Henry Levin
Genre
mystery film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 09m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.4 of 10 from 10 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A detective agency takes on a case involving a wealthy man who fears a mysterious group is after his life. The story follows the investigators as they uncover clues and encounter odd characters.

light-heartedquirkyold-fashionedmysteriousplayfulbriskwhimsicalnostalgic

What happens

I Love a Mystery is a 1945 American mystery film directed by Henry Levin and starring Jim Bannon, Nina Foch, George Macready, and Barton Yarborough. Based on Carlton E. Morse's popular radio serial of the same name, I Love a Mystery was the first of three Columbia "B" pictures inspired by the radio series and the only one actually based on a script written by Morse for the radio series. The Devil's Mask and The Unknown followed in 1946. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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