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Two dumb soda jerks dream of writing radio mysteries. When they try to pitch an idea at a radio station, they end up in the middle of a real murder when the station owner is killed during a broadcast.
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Bud Abbott
Chick Larkin

Lou Costello
Mervin Q. Milgrim

Patric Knowles
Jim Turner

Louise Allbritton
Jane Little

Mary Wickes
Juliet Collins

William Gargan
Detective Inspector Lou

William Bendix
Detective Sgt. Brannigan

Thomas Gomez
Col. J.R. Andrews

Ludwig Stössel
Dr. Anton Marek

Edmund MacDonald
'Murder at Midnight' Announcer

Jerome Cowan
Heller

Walter Tetley
'Shorty', a studio pageboy

Joe Kirk
Harry, 'Murder At Midnight' sound man

Don Porter
'Murder at Midnight' program manager

Norman Abbott
'Murder at Midnight' Organist