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Topper Returns (1941
1941 in film

The year 1941 in film involved some significant events....
) is the third and final entry in the initial series of films inspired by the novels of Thorne Smith
Thorne Smith

James Thorne Smith Jr. , was an United States writer of humorous supernaturnal fantasy fiction.Best known today for his creation of Topper , Smith's comic fantasy fiction sold millions of copies in the early 1930s....
. It followed Topper
Topper (film)

Topper is a comedy film which tells the story of a stuffy, stuck-in-his-ways man who is haunted by the ghosts of a fun-loving married couple....
 (1937
1937 in film

The year 1937 in film involved some significant events....
) and Topper Takes a Trip
Topper Takes a Trip

Topper Takes a Trip is a 1938 in film film sequel of Topper . Constance Bennett, Roland Young, Billie Burke and Alan Mowbray reprised their roles from the earlier movie; only Cary Grant was missing ....
 (1938
1938 in film

The year 1938 in film involved some significant events....
). As in the prior movies, Roland Young
Roland Young

Roland Young was an England actor....
 and Billie Burke
Billie Burke

Mary William Ethelbert Appleton "Billie" Burke was an Academy Awards-nominated United States actress primarily known to modern audiences for her role as Glinda the Good Witch of the North in the musical film The Wizard of Oz ....
 play the Toppers, while Joan Blondell
Joan Blondell

Rose Joan Blondell, known as Joan Blondell, was an Academy Award-nominated American actress. Considered a sexy wisecracking blonde, she was a pre-Production Code staple of Warner Brothers and appeared in more than 100 film and television productions....
 portrays a murder victim and ghost who tries to save her friend, played by Carole Landis
Carole Landis

Carole Landis was an American film actor....
, and unmask her killer with the help of a reluctant Cosmo Topper.

It was nominated for the Academy Award for Special Effects
Academy Award for Visual Effects

The Academy Award for Visual Effects is an Academy Awards given to one film each year that shows highest achievement in visual effects.The category was called Best Special Effects when it was created in 1939....
 (Roy Seawright and Elmer Raguse) and Best Sound, Recording
Academy Award for Sound

The Academy Award for Sound Mixing is an Academy Awards that recognizes the finest or most euphonic Audio mixing or recording, and is generally awarded to the production sound mixers and re-recording mixers of the winning film....
 (Elmer Raguse).

A TV series of Topper premiered in 1953 and ran for two seasons.






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Topper Returns (1941
1941 in film

The year 1941 in film involved some significant events....
) is the third and final entry in the initial series of films inspired by the novels of Thorne Smith
Thorne Smith

James Thorne Smith Jr. , was an United States writer of humorous supernaturnal fantasy fiction.Best known today for his creation of Topper , Smith's comic fantasy fiction sold millions of copies in the early 1930s....
. It followed Topper
Topper (film)

Topper is a comedy film which tells the story of a stuffy, stuck-in-his-ways man who is haunted by the ghosts of a fun-loving married couple....
 (1937
1937 in film

The year 1937 in film involved some significant events....
) and Topper Takes a Trip
Topper Takes a Trip

Topper Takes a Trip is a 1938 in film film sequel of Topper . Constance Bennett, Roland Young, Billie Burke and Alan Mowbray reprised their roles from the earlier movie; only Cary Grant was missing ....
 (1938
1938 in film

The year 1938 in film involved some significant events....
). As in the prior movies, Roland Young
Roland Young

Roland Young was an England actor....
 and Billie Burke
Billie Burke

Mary William Ethelbert Appleton "Billie" Burke was an Academy Awards-nominated United States actress primarily known to modern audiences for her role as Glinda the Good Witch of the North in the musical film The Wizard of Oz ....
 play the Toppers, while Joan Blondell
Joan Blondell

Rose Joan Blondell, known as Joan Blondell, was an Academy Award-nominated American actress. Considered a sexy wisecracking blonde, she was a pre-Production Code staple of Warner Brothers and appeared in more than 100 film and television productions....
 portrays a murder victim and ghost who tries to save her friend, played by Carole Landis
Carole Landis

Carole Landis was an American film actor....
, and unmask her killer with the help of a reluctant Cosmo Topper.

It was nominated for the Academy Award for Special Effects
Academy Award for Visual Effects

The Academy Award for Visual Effects is an Academy Awards given to one film each year that shows highest achievement in visual effects.The category was called Best Special Effects when it was created in 1939....
 (Roy Seawright and Elmer Raguse) and Best Sound, Recording
Academy Award for Sound

The Academy Award for Sound Mixing is an Academy Awards that recognizes the finest or most euphonic Audio mixing or recording, and is generally awarded to the production sound mixers and re-recording mixers of the winning film....
 (Elmer Raguse).

A TV series of Topper premiered in 1953 and ran for two seasons. A pilot
Television pilot

A television pilot is a test episode of an intended television series. It is an early step in the development of a television series, much like pilot lights or pilot serve as precursors to the start of larger activity, or pilot holes prepare the way for larger holes....
 called Topper Returns (1973
1973 in film

The year 1973 in film involved some significant events....
) was later made for a proposed TV series. There was also a made-for-TV remake of the original film, Topper in (1979
1979 in film

The year 1979 in film involved some significant events....
).

Cast

  • Joan Blondell
    Joan Blondell

    Rose Joan Blondell, known as Joan Blondell, was an Academy Award-nominated American actress. Considered a sexy wisecracking blonde, she was a pre-Production Code staple of Warner Brothers and appeared in more than 100 film and television productions....
     as Gail Richards
  • Roland Young
    Roland Young

    Roland Young was an England actor....
     as Cosmo Topper
  • Carole Landis
    Carole Landis

    Carole Landis was an American film actor....
     as Ann Carrington
  • Billie Burke
    Billie Burke

    Mary William Ethelbert Appleton "Billie" Burke was an Academy Awards-nominated United States actress primarily known to modern audiences for her role as Glinda the Good Witch of the North in the musical film The Wizard of Oz ....
     as Clara Topper
  • Dennis O'Keefe
    Dennis O'Keefe

    Dennis O'Keefe was an American actor.Born Edward Flanagan , he was the son of Ireland vaudeville working in the United States. As a small child he joined his parents' act and later wrote skits for the stage....
     as Bob
  • Patsy Kelly
    Patsy Kelly

    Patsy Kelly was a Tony Award-winning United States stage and film comedic actress....
     as Emily
  • H. B. Warner
    H. B. Warner

    H. B. Warner was an England actor.He was born Henry Byron Charles Stewart Warner-Lickford in St John's Wood, London, England in 1875. His father, Charles Warner, was an actor, and, although young Harry had initially thought about studying medicine, he eventually followed in his father's footsteps and performed on the stage....
     as Henry Carrington
  • Eddie Anderson
    Eddie Anderson (comedian)

    Edmund Lincoln Anderson , often known as Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, was an American comic actor who became famous playing "Rochester van Jones" , the valet to Jack Benny's eponymous title character on the long-running radio and television series The Jack Benny Program. Anderson also owned Burnt Cork, a Thoroughbred horse racing...
     as Eddie
  • George Zucco
    George Zucco

    George Desylla Zucco was an England character actor who appeared, almost always in supporting roles, in 96 films during a career spanning two decades, from 1931 to 1951....
     as Dr. Jeris
  • Donald McBride as Police Sergeant Roberts
  • Rafaela Ottiano
    Rafaela Ottiano

    Rafaela Ottiano was an Italians-born United States stage and film actress.Born in Venice, Italy, she emigrated with her parents to the United States....
     as Lillian
  • Trevor Bardette
    Trevor Bardette

    Trevor Bardette was an American film actor.He was born in Nashville, Arkansas.He made over 172 movies and seventy-two TV appearances in his career....
     as Rama


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