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  1. Fast Company is a 1938 American mystery film directed by Edward Buzzell and starring Melvyn Douglas and Florence Rice as married rare-book dealers who try to solve a murder case. It is based on the novel of the same name by Marco Page (a pen name of Harry Kurnitz ). It was followed by two 1939 films featuring the fictional couple, Fast and ...

  2. Fast Company: Directed by Edward Buzzell. With Melvyn Douglas, Florence Rice, Claire Dodd, Shepperd Strudwick. A husband-and-wife team who deal in rare books and are skillful at recovering stolen volumes for insurance companies, become involved in the murder of a fence.

    • (659)
    • Romance, Comedy, Mystery
    • Edward Buzzell
    • 1938-07-08
  3. Film Length. 8 reels. Joel Sloane, a New York City rare book dealer, cannot make a living selling first editions. He picks up extra money from insurance company rewards, however, by recovering missing rare books, much to the relief of his secretary Garda, who is also his wife. When one of their friends, Ned Morgan, is released from prison after ...

    • Edward Buzzell, Charles O'malley
    • Melvyn Douglas
  4. Sure, the “Fast” trilogy is a poor imitation of the Thin Man series, but I adore it. We get Robert Montgomery, Franchot Tone, and Melvyn Douglas each with a turn as Joel Sloane and in all three cases, they do have a delightful chemistry with their respective Gardas- Douglas and Florence Rice in this film perhaps being my favorite duo.

    • (245)
    • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
    • Edward Buzzell
  5. Danny Scolado (as Horace MacMahon) Rest of cast listed alphabetically: Barbara Bedford. ... MacMillen's Secretary (uncredited) James B. Carson. ... Safe Expert (uncredited) Jack Chefe.

  6. An amateur sleuth (Melvyn Douglas) and his wife (Florence Rice) review foul play over something supposedly by Shakespeare. [Fast Company is] sprinkled with fast dialogue and hilarious situations ...

    • Mystery & Thriller
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  8. Fast Company is a 1938 American mystery film directed by Edward Buzzell and starring Melvyn Douglas and Florence Rice as married rare-book dealers who try to solve a murder case. It is based on the novel of the same name by Marco Page. It was followed by two 1939 films featuring the fictional couple, Fast and Loose and Fast and Furious, although different actors played the leads in each of the ...

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