Topper

United States, 1937

Film

George and Marion are killed in a car crash - but their spirits ‘live’ on, invisible, on terra firma rather than in some heavenly eternity. They discuss their predicament - and decide that they’ll have to do a good deed to go to ‘the other place’. They feel that Cosmo Topper, the bank president, should learn how to enjoy life and set about doing something about it. Some of the trouble comes from the fact that Cosmo can see them but nobody else can.

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Credits

director

Norman McLeod

producer

Hal Roach

production company

RKO Radio Pictures

Duration

01:38:00:00

Production places
United States
Production dates
1937

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

302270

Language

English

Audience classification

PG

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Black and White

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

Wikidata

Q1285408

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