The film is noted for making Cary Grant a major star.
Topper (1937)
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Reviews Counted:16
Fresh:15
Rotten:1
Average Rating:7.6/10
Runtime: 1 hr 37 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: A fun-loving and handsome couple are killed when they smash their sporty roadster into a tree while returning from a bender. As ghosts in limbo, they decide that one good deed will send them to... A fun-loving and handsome couple are killed when they smash their sporty roadster into a tree while returning from a bender. As ghosts in limbo, they decide that one good deed will send them to heaven, so they choose to enliven the life of their dull friend Topper by showing him how to live as they did -- fast and loose. [More]
Starring: Cary Grant, Constance Bennett, Roland Young, Billie Burke
Starring: Cary Grant, Constance Bennett, Roland Young, Billie Burke, Alan Mowbray, Eugene Pallette, Arthur Lake, Hedda Hopper
Director: Norman Z. McLeod
Director: Norman Z. McLeod
Producer: Hal Roach
Screenwriter: Jack Jevne, Eric Hatch, E. Edwin Moran
Composer: Edward B. Powell, Hugo Friedhofer
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Reviews for Topper
Cary Grant and Constance Bennett, as the reincarnated Kerbys, do their assignments with great skill.
Too gentle and leisurely to survive as a solid classic, though there's pleasure to be found in the cast's graceful way with comedy and their smooth ensemble playing.
[C]harming and witty darlings... get to spend eternity wandering around in their evening clothes...
A frightfully funny mix of special effects and languid humour which inspired two excellent sequels...
Cary Grant and Constance Bennett are Thorne Smith's continental ghosts, haranguing tired businessman Roland Young in arch screwball style.
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