Year of Release: 1941Country of Origin: USA
Director: Roy Del Ruth
Cast: Joan Blondell, Roland Young, Carole Landis, Billie Burke
Plot outline: Topper is once again tormented by a fun-loving spirit. This time, a beautiful ghost enlists him to track down her killer (IMDb).
Unlike the predecessor, Topper Returns is a rather sluggish ghost-hunt. The actors chime in with a will on all the nonsense. Joan Blondell is a slightly more buxom spirit than her predecessor, Constance Bennett (showing that ghosts can put on weight); Roland Young is browbeaten as ever; Billie Burke is as vaporous of mind as before; and Carole Landis is pretty. But for all their efforts they can't conceal that Topper Returns is old stuff. All of which indicates that one may raise a ghost, but hardly the ghost of a ghost. (TS)
My judgement: ** out of 4 stars
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