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This light-hearted murder mystery isn’t likely to stick in your memory, but should satisfy Errol Flynn fans well enough. Flynn plays an author who writes under a secret identity — so secret even his wife and mother don’t realize it is he who is responsible for a scandalous novel that has recently put polite society up in arms. As life imitates art, Flynn finds himself embroiled in a real-life murder mystery, all while holding the police and his family at bay. My favorite scene is one where Flynn sneaks through the bedroom window at three in the morning and lies to his half-asleep wife about what time it is. He says ‘midnight’ just before a grandfather clock chimes three times. Desperate not to upset her, he dares to mimic nine more clock chimes. The supporting cast features Flynn regular Alan Hale, Ralph Bellamy, and I Love Lucy co-star William Frawley as a bungling cop.