---
title: 'The Amazing Mr. Williams (1939)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Alexander Hall'
released: '1939-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 80
genres:
  - 'Romance'
  - 'Mystery'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-amazing-mr-williams-1939'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031038/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Amazing Mr. Williams (1939)

1939 · 80 min · Romance, Mystery · United States


## Synopsis

The Amazing Mr. Williams is a 1939 American screwball comedy film produced by Everett Riskin for Columbia Pictures and directed by Alexander Hall. The film stars Melvyn Douglas, Joan Blondell and Clarence Kolb. It was written by Dwight Taylor, Sy Bartlett and Richard Maibaum. The film is about a police lieutenant who is too busy solving crimes to marry his longtime fiancée, who decides to take action and get him to marry her and settle down. The film was released on November 22, 1939.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Alexander Hall](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexander-hall)
- **Screenplay:** [Richard Maibaum](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-maibaum), [Sy Bartlett](https://cinepixo.com/people/sy-bartlett), [Dwight Taylor](https://cinepixo.com/people/dwight-taylor)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Morris Stoloff](https://cinepixo.com/people/morris-stoloff), [Felix Mills](https://cinepixo.com/people/felix-mills)
- **Producer:** [Everett Riskin](https://cinepixo.com/people/everett-riskin)
- **Director of Photography:** [Arthur L. Todd](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-l-todd)
- **Editor:** [Viola Lawrence](https://cinepixo.com/people/viola-lawrence)

## Cast

- [Sally Payne](https://cinepixo.com/people/sally-payne)
- [John Wray](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-wray)
- [Virginia Sale](https://cinepixo.com/people/virginia-sale)
- [Maude Eburne](https://cinepixo.com/people/maude-eburne)
- [Jonathan Hale](https://cinepixo.com/people/jonathan-hale)
- [Barbara Pepper](https://cinepixo.com/people/barbara-pepper)
- [Sarah Edwards](https://cinepixo.com/people/sarah-edwards)
- [Donald MacBride](https://cinepixo.com/people/donald-macbride)
- [James Crane](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-crane)
- [Milton Kibbee](https://cinepixo.com/people/milton-kibbee)
- [Frank Jaquet](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-jaquet)
- [William Forrest](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-forrest)
- [Dick Curtis](https://cinepixo.com/people/dick-curtis)
- [Lorna Gray](https://cinepixo.com/people/lorna-gray)
- [Joan Blondell](https://cinepixo.com/people/joan-blondell)

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