Expert: Jim Kason - 9/26/2010

Question
i have been trying to find this one black and white movie where a woman and a man are in a car. she says hes driving too fast . and they crash into a fence? i remember them realizing that they are dead and we see them as ghosts? Do you know what film this is?

Answer
Hi Anne,

Yes, I think I know exactly the film you're looking for ! A famous comedy novel of the 1930's was turned into a movie called "Topper" in 1937.  It's one of my favorite zany comedies of the 1930's.!

It starred Roland Young as "Topper",.....and also starred Cary Grant and Constance Bennett as wealthy socialites who are killed in a car crash;.... but, since this was a comedy,...they hang around to haunt (and help) Topper until they can finally leave this world.

"Topper" was such a success, that several years later, in 1941, a sequel was made, called "Topper Returns".  It also starred Roland Young,...but this time, Joan Blondell and Carole Landis played two young friends who stayed overnite in a very mysterious house.  Joan is accidentally murdered, mistaken for her friend, Carole,..and she helps Topper solve the crime.  

For more info on the film, go to:     http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029682

You can find each film at Amazon.com,   and I believe there's even a "double feature" DVD
with both films for about $13.

Sincerely,

Jim Kason