Remains to Be Seen

1953 film by Don Weis

June Allyson
Van Johnson
Louis Calhern
Angela Lansbury
Dorothy Dandridge

CinematographyRobert H. PlanckEdited byCotton WarburtonMusic byJeff Alexander

Production
company

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Release date

May 15, 1953 (1953-05-15)

Running time

88 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglishBudget$976,000^[1]Box office$939,000^[1]

Remains to Be Seen is a 1953 crime musical comedy film directed by Don Weis and starring June Allyson, Van Johnson and Louis Calhern. It is based on the 1951 Broadway play Remains to Be Seen by Russel Crouse and Howard Lindsay.

Plot

A girl vocalist and her apartment manager get mixed up in a creepy Park Avenue murder and find themselves facing danger at every turn.

Cast

June Allyson as Jody Revere
Van Johnson as Waldo Williams
Louis Calhern as Benjamin Goodman
Angela Lansbury as Valeska Chauvel
John Beal as Dr. Glenson
Dorothy Dandridge as herself
Barry Kelley as Lt. O'Flair
Sammy White as Ben
Kathryn Card as Mrs. West
Paul Harvey as Mr. Bennett
Helene Millard as Mrs. Bennett
Peter Chong as Ling Tan
Charles Lane as Delapp, examiner
Larry J. Blake as Detective Minetti
Morgan Farley as Kyle Manning
Howard Freeman as Clark
Frank Nelson as Fleming
Robert Foulk as Officer Miller
Stuart Holmes as Travis Revercombe
Ernö Verebes as Waiter

Reception

According to MGM records, the film earned $697,000 in the US and Canada and $242,000 elsewhere, making a loss to the studio of $438,000.^[1]

Songs

"Toot, Toot, Tootsie (Goo' Bye!)" – sung and danced by June Allyson and Van Johnson
"Taking a Chance on Love" – sung by Dorothy Dandridge
"Too Marvelous for Words" – sung by Van Johnson, then sung by June Allyson, then reprised by Van Johnson and June Allyson