Topper Returns (1941) | Directed by Roy Del Ruth - Full Movie

A fun-loving young woman is murdered after trading bedrooms with her wealthy friend. Her ghost seeks aid from Topper to find the murderer.

Topper Returns is a 1941 fantasy comedy film directed by Roy Del Ruth and written by Jonathan Latimer. The third and final installment in the initial series of supernatural comedy films inspired by the novels of Thorne Smith, it succeeds Topper (1937) and Topper Takes a Trip (1938).

As in the prior films, Roland Young plays Cosmo Topper, a mousy banker who gets into trouble because of his ability to see and speak with ghosts, and Billie Burke plays his wife, who is constantly befuddled by his strange antics. The plot revolves around a murder mystery. Joan Blondell portrays a slain woman who seeks out the reluctant Topper and enlists his help in identifying her killer and saving her friend, played by Carole Landis. Most of the action takes place in a spooky mansion filled with eccentric characters, trapdoors and secret passages.

Directed by: Roy Del Ruth
Written by: Jonathan Latimer
Based on: Characters created by Thorne Smith
Produced by: Hal Roach
Starring: Joan Blondell, Roland Young, Carole Landis, Billie Burke
Cinematography: Norbert Brodine
Edited by: James Newcom
Music by: Werner R. Heymann
Production company: Hal Roach Studios
Distributed by: United Artists
Release date: March 21, 1941
Running time: 88 minutes
Country: United States
Language: English