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Topper

A fun-loving couple, finding that they died and are now ghosts, decide to shake up the stuffy lifestyle of a friend of theirs.

Director

Norman Z. McLeod

Year

Genre

comedy, fantasy, romance

Box Office

N/A

Production

N/A

Awards

Nominated for 2 Oscars. 2 nominations total

Part of Collection

Topper Collection: Topper, Topper Returns, Topper Takes a Trip

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Marion Kerby

Constance Bennett

George Kerby

Mr. Topper

Mrs. Topper

Wilkins

Casey

Eugene Pallette

Elevator Boy

Mrs. Stuyvesant

Miss Johnson

Hotel Manager

Theodore von Eltz

Policeman

J. Farrell MacDonald

Secretary

Rustic

Rustic

Three Hits and a Miss

Three Hits and a Miss

Nightclub Patron

Reporter

Ernie Alexander

Hotel Clerk

Member of 'Three Hits and a Miss'

Bank Guard

Board Member

Mrs. Goodrich

Eddie - Cab Driver Slugged by Topper

Nightclub Patron

Nightclub Patron

Hoagy - Piano Player

Hoagy Carmichael

Policeman

Nightclub Patron

Nurse

Dorothy Christy

Police Sergeant

Hat-Check Girl

Member of 'Three Hits and a Miss'

Bank Teller

Sales Clerk

Nightclub Patron

Courtroom Reporter

Eddie Fetherston

Board Member

Nightclub Patron

Nightclub Patron

Seabreeze Hotel Guest

Taxicab Driver

Nightclub Patron

Nightclub Patron

Herschel Graham

Nightclub Patron

Hotel Manager

Outraged Heavy Woman

Hen-Pecked Motorist

Taxicab Driver

Max Hoffman Jr.

Waiter

Tony - Nightclub Owner

Policeman

Photographer

Maitre d'

Board Member

Nightclub Patron

Carl M. Leviness

Nightclub Patron

Nightclub Patron

Irate Nightclub Patron

Sea Breeze Hotel Doorman

Onlooker at Street Brawl

Maitre d'

Alexander Pollard

Taxicab Driver

Nightclub Patron

Car Salesman

Nightclub Patron

Member of 'Three Hits and a Miss'

Member of 'Three Hits and a Miss'

Nightclub Patron

Nightclub Patron

Judge

Hen-Pecked Motorist's Wife

Taxicab Driver

Onlooker at Street Brawl

Onlooker at Hotel

Mrs. Simpkins

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Cosmo Topper George Kerby Secretary Hotel Manager Wilkins Marion Kerby Mrs. Topper Casey Miss Johnson Elevator Boy

- Thank you, Harry. - Topper

- Thank you, Harry.

- Come on, the music's swell. - Topper

- Come on, the music's swell.

- May I cut in? - Topper

- May I cut in?

- Hey, George, is this
10:30 in the morning? - Topper

- Hey, George, is this 10:30 in the morning?

- It's three minutes after 8:00, sir. - Topper

- It's three minutes after 8:00, sir.

Do you realize that most men don't get - Topper

Do you realize that most men don't get

Good morning dear You're late - Topper

Good morning dear You're late

- It's 8:45, Mr. Topper. - Topper

- It's 8:45, Mr. Topper.

- Morning, Mr. Topper. - Topper

- Morning, Mr. Topper.

- Gentlemen, we will as usual
conduct our annual meeting - Topper

- Gentlemen, we will as usual conduct our annual meeting

Bullion abroad and in transit - Topper

Bullion abroad and in transit

- Just hold the car, please. - Topper

- Just hold the car, please.

Good Morning Mrs - Topper

Good Morning Mrs

Why don't you stop being a mummy for a few minutes and come to life - Topper

Why don't you stop being a mummy for a few minutes and...

I guess I'll never hear the last of this - Topper

I guess I'll never hear the last of this

I can see through you - Topper

I can see through you

We used to play together once - Topper

We used to play together once

So I'm a ditherer - Topper

So I'm a ditherer

(truck horn blaring) - Topper

(truck horn blaring)

- Would you mind getting
off my wife's lap? - Topper

- Would you mind getting off my wife's lap?

Toppy doesn't know us - Topper

Toppy doesn't know us

It is. - Topper

But I'll be darned if I'm gonna waste any ectoplasm doing it - Topper

But I'll be darned if I'm gonna waste any...

- You see, Toppy, we only
have a certain amount - Topper

- You see, Toppy, we only have a certain amount

Is it my fault there's no one here - Topper

Is it my fault there's no one here

30 in the morning - Topper

30 in the morning

- Look out! - Topper

- Don't push me! - Topper

- Don't push me!

Here we are, Topper.
The Kerby Kennel. - Topper

Here we are, Topper. The Kerby Kennel.

You drink? - Topper

Maybe I do need a drink - Topper

Maybe I do need a drink

My wife objects to drinking - Topper

My wife objects to drinking

My wife objects to drinking. - Topper

My wife objects to drinking.

I'v never never beaten her - Topper

I'v never never beaten her

- Crazy Kerbys, eh? - Topper

- Crazy Kerbys, eh?

Toppy, I think you got something there. - Topper

Toppy, I think you got something there.

That's how I dance - Topper

That's how I dance

Use your influence - Topper

Use your influence

If I'm in the way - Topper

If I'm in the way

Yes well I don't know if I like it Well that's too bad - Topper

Yes well I don't know if I like it Well that's too...

I don't think he's ever had a drink in his life - Topper

I don't think he's ever had a drink in his life

(Topper moans)
It moved. - Topper

(Topper moans) It moved.

Now, now, Toppy, relax, relax. - Topper

Now, now, Toppy, relax, relax.

(whimsical instrumental music) - Topper

(whimsical instrumental music)

- For heaven's sake! - Topper

- For heaven's sake!

- What's the idea of stealing my elevator? - Topper

- What's the idea of stealing my elevator?

- Thank you, Toppy. - Topper

- Thank you, Toppy.

(distant sirens wailing) - Topper

(distant sirens wailing)

Brush him off, George,
while I fix his hanky. - Topper

Brush him off, George, while I fix his hanky.

You have become a legend before your time - Topper

You have become a legend before your time

Bless my blonde heart - Topper

Bless my blonde heart

- Good morning, Mr. Topper. - Topper

- Good morning, Mr. Topper.

Biting little children - Topper

Biting little children

- Oh, I wanna stop here. - Topper

- Oh, I wanna stop here.

I'll be out before you can say Jack Robinson - Topper

I'll be out before you can say Jack Robinson

- Cosmo? - Topper

(Clara crying) - Topper

Can't you even look like a human being - Topper

Can't you even look like a human being

After all these years - Topper

After all these years

Look here, Marion, if you're
here I'm gonna be very angry. - Topper

Look here, Marion, if you're here I'm gonna be ver...

Why are you staring at me
like-like-like something? - Topper

Why are you staring at me like-like-like something?

Did you notice something funny about that guy - Topper

Did you notice something funny about that guy

- Hey, did you notice
something funny about that guy? - Topper

- Hey, did you notice something funny about that guy?

- Call for Miss White, please. - Topper

- Call for Miss White, please.

- We have a nice room on the third floor. - Topper

- We have a nice room on the third floor.

- Did you see what I saw? - Topper

- Did you see what I saw?

- Are you always this anxious
at getting a hotel room? - Topper

- Are you always this anxious at getting a hotel room?

- What's wrong with you? - Topper

- What's wrong with you?

What are you gaping at? - Topper

What are you gaping at?

Can't you look where I'm goin' - Topper

Can't you look where I'm goin'

Perhaps you can explain the red on this cigarette - Topper

Perhaps you can explain the red on this cigarette

- I guess I'm sorry too. - Topper

- I guess I'm sorry too.

- Come on, Toppy.
I'm hungry. - Topper

- Come on, Toppy. I'm hungry.

Let's go down to dinner On an empty stomach I want some more pink ladies - Topper

Let's go down to dinner On an empty stomach I want some...

It's a good thing no one saw
us coming out of my room. - Topper

It's a good thing no one saw us coming out of my room.

(instrumental music) - Topper

(instrumental music)

- Thanks Toppy.
- Mm-hmm. - Topper

- Thanks Toppy. - Mm-hmm.

What's wrong here - Topper

What's wrong here

Where did she go to? - Topper

Where did she go to?

Having a little chair trouble - Topper

Having a little chair trouble

- Where's Casey? - Topper

- Where's Casey?

All right, men, surround him! - Topper

All right, men, surround him!

- Mr. Topper is conscious
and wishes to see you. - Topper

- Mr. Topper is conscious and wishes to see you.

I'm practicing to be an angel - Topper

I'm practicing to be an angel

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A fun-loving couple, finding that they died and are now ghosts, decide to shake up the stuffy lifestyle of a friend of theirs.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Norman Z. McLeod

Writer: Jack Jevne, Eric Hatch, Eddie Moran

Production: N/A

Genre: comedy, fantasy, romance

Year: 1937

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 7.2

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 16 Jul 1937

Awards: Nominated for 2 Oscars. 2 nominations total

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Topper Collection: Topper, Topper Returns, Topper Takes a Trip

Also watch: All Is Bright, People Will Talk, Nothing Sacred, The Toast of New York, My Favorite Wife, Chariots of Fire, Sunset Blvd, Goal II: Living the Dream, Joker, Midnight in Paris, Me Before You, Tenet, Pale Rider, What We Do in the Shadows, Forrest Gump