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Dick Powell stars as a hardboiled PI with a taste for kibble in the over-the-top screwball comedy You Never Can Tell . When an eccentric tycoon leaves six million dollars to his faithful dog King, trustee Ellen Hathaway (Peggy Dow) is besieged by fortune hunters when they learn she’s next to inherit. After the German Shepherd is poisoned and Ellen’s accused of the crime, King’s spirit is granted special permission to go back to earth in human form and help clear his Ellen’s name. Returning as private eye Rex Shepherd (Powell) and aided by a former racehorse named Goldie (Joyce Holden), King puts his nose to the ground in a dogged attempt to sniff out his killer’s name.
Original Release
09/23/1951
US Release
09/23/1951
Cast
Name | Character |
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Dick Powell | Rex Shepherd / Rex Shepard |
Peggy Dow | Ellen Hathaway |
Joyce Holden | Golden Harvest aka Goldie Harvey / Goldie Harvey |
Charles Drake | Perry Collins |
Albert Sharpe | Grandpa Hathaway |
Lou Polan | Police Sergeant Novak / Sergeant Novak |
Frank Nelson | Police Lt. Gilpin / Lieutenant Gilpin |
William Vedder | Nicholas - Lindsay Butler / Nicholas |
Frank Gerstle | Detective |
Anthony George | Detective Lt. Louie Luisetti / Louie Luisetti |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Dick Powell | Rex Shepherd / Rex Shepard |
Peggy Dow | Ellen Hathaway |
Joyce Holden | Golden Harvest aka Goldie Harvey / Goldie Harvey |
Charles Drake | Perry Collins |
Albert Sharpe | Grandpa Hathaway |
Lou Polan | Police Sergeant Novak / Sergeant Novak |
Frank Nelson | Police Lt. Gilpin / Lieutenant Gilpin |
William Vedder | Nicholas - Lindsay Butler / Nicholas |
Frank Gerstle | Detective |
Anthony George | Detective Lt. Louie Luisetti / Louie Luisetti |
Elsie Baker | Minor Role |
Tony Barr | Jail Inmate |
Richard Bartell | Waiter |
Genevieve Bell | Dowager |
Margaret Bert | Factory Worker |
Chet Brandenburg | Man on Street |
Ralph Brooks | Man in Bar |
Paul Bryar | Prisoner |
Juanita Close | Minor Role |
Russ Conway | Cop |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Leonard Goldstein | Producer |