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Cover Up (1949 film)

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Director
  
Alfred E. Green

Music director
  
Hans J. Salter

Language
  
English

6.2/10
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Genre
  
Mystery

Duration
  

Cover Up (1949 film) movie poster
Release date
  
February 25, 1949 (1949-02-25) (U.S.)

Writer
  
Jerome Odlum (original screenplay), Dennis OKeefe (original screenplay), Francis Swann (additional dialogue), Lawrence Kimble (additional dialogue)

Screenplay
  
Dennis OKeefe, Jerome Odlum

Cast
  
William Bendix
(Sheriff Larry Best),
Dennis O'Keefe
(Sam Donovan),
Barbara Britton
(Anita Weatherby),
Art Baker
(Stu Weatherby),
Ann E. Todd
(Cathie Weatherby),
Doro Merande
(Hilda)

Similar movies
  
Silent Night, Deadly Night
,
The Nightmare Before Christmas
,
Batman Returns
,
The Polar Express
,
Goodfellas
,
The Santa Clause

Tagline
  
Love Is Like Murder... when you're in... you're in deep!

An insurance sleuth (Dennis OKeefe) probes a small-town suicide, senses hostility and suspects murder.

Cover Up (1949 film) movie scenes

Cover Up is a 1949 black-and-white mystery film written by and starring Dennis OKeefe, William Bendix, and Barbara Britton. OKeefe also co-wrote the screenplay, credited as Jonathan Rix. The murder mystery takes place during the Christmas season.

Cover Up (1949 film) movie scenes Art Baker as Stu Weatherby

In a small Midwestern town a man is found dead. Dennis O'Keefe plays an insurance investigator looking into the apparent suicide. All clues leads him into suspecting murder. Unfortunately, no one wants to assist him with the case, including Sheriff Larry Best (Bendix). Finally, attractive local girl Anita (Britton) breaks the silence and helps investigator Donovan solve the case.

Plot

In a small Midwestern town a man is found dead. When insurance investigator Sam Donovan (OKeefe) arrives looking into the apparent suicide, all clues lead him into suspecting murder. Unfortunately, no one wants to assist him with the case, including Sheriff Larry Best (Bendix). Finally, attractive local girl Anita (Britton) breaks the silence and helps investigator Donovan solve the case.

References

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