{"id":38055,"date":"2024-02-10T00:01:37","date_gmt":"2024-02-10T06:01:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greatdetectives.net\/detectives\/?p=38055"},"modified":"2024-02-09T10:09:29","modified_gmt":"2024-02-09T16:09:29","slug":"film-review-who-done-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greatdetectives.net\/detectives\/film-review-who-done-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Film Review: Who Done It?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Who Done It?\u00a0<\/em>is a 1942 Abbott and Costello film in which Bud Abbott and Lou Costello play two soda jerks who aspire to become radio mystery writers. However, their efforts to pitch a mystery get derailed when an actual murder occurs in a program that they&#8217;re attending. They leap in to try and investigate like good amateur sleuths, but find themselves running through the station from the police while trying to clear their names, and stay alive.<\/p>\n<p><em>Who Done It? <\/em>is a fun Abbott and Costello film with a lot to commend itself for fans of old-time radio detective programs, as there&#8217;s a mystery involved and we also get to take a &#8220;behind the scenes&#8221; look at a radio stations during the Golden Age of Radio. Abbott and Costello had become massively popular thanks to the <em>Who&#8217;s on First? <\/em>baseball routine and they have a good time poking fun at their own success. The supporting cast was solid, featuring future Oscar nominee William Gargan and future <em>Life of Riley\u00a0<\/em>star William Bendix, along with a fairly young Mary Wickes.<\/p>\n<p>The movie is definitely one of their more fast-paced films, with the murder mystery serving as a ticking time bomb and also limiting the number of settings. Yet, it still delivers some great laughs, a satisfying solution to the mystery and one of great big over-the-top slapstick finales this early era of Abbott and Costello films was known for.<\/p>\n<p>Rating: 4.5 out of 5.0<\/p>\n<p><em>Who Done It? <\/em>is part of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/48bDxpE\"><em>The Best of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Vol. 1<\/em><\/a> or\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3HUduc5\">Abbott &amp; Costello: Universal Pictures Collection<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>(Affiliate links)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who Done It?\u00a0is a 1942 Abbott and Costello film in which Bud Abbott and Lou Costello play two soda jerks who aspire to become radio mystery writers. However, their efforts to pitch a mystery get derailed when an actual murder occurs in a program that they&#8217;re attending. 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