Fast Company

Fun film starring Melvyn Douglas and Florence Rice as Joel and Garda Sloane, rare bookdealers. There were three of these films and they were intended to cash in on the success of the Thin Man. However, Fast Company stands on its own very nicely.

Unlike Nick and Nora, Joel and Garda have visible means of support. In this story, the couple works to clear a young man (Shepperd Strudwick) of murder after he leaves prison for a burglary - for which he was framed.

The dialogue is fast and witty, and Joel and Garda are very affectionate and enjoy teasing one another. Douglas and Rice have great chemistry.

Franchot Tone and Ann Sothern started as the couple in another film, Fast and Furious, and Robert Montgomery and Rosalind Russell starred in a third. Sorry there weren't more. Douglas and Rice were the best, in my opinion.