Walter Pidgeon Double Feature "Looney Tunes"

Walter Pidgeon Double Feature "Looney Tunes"Before he hit his stride as a symbol of screen decency and likeability (notably in films opposite Greer Garson), Walter Pidgeon worked in numerous A films as second leads and as the occasional male lead in compelling B programmers like these two movies from 1939. As a Park Avenue Society Lawyer, Pidgeon pieces together details of a murder at an exclusive high rise. Virginia Bruce teams with Pidgeon in this remake of the pre Code Penthouse. Stronger

The two quickly develop a deep bond

So when the Poe is ordered on a dangerous mission to rescue American soldiers stranded on a Japanese-held island

the paper's owner

a lovely ballerina

give strong portrayals of lives aflame with conviction

Do they even want to try

and gets arrested for his efforts

Costars Gig Young and Eleanor Parker add depth to the tale of love and commitment

directed in a near-documentary style by Fred Zinnemann and filmed in the ragged

Marina's story is told for the first time: her husband's secretive life

who captures his heart

Malone played detective in 11 novels and 39 short stories as well as on radio