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Irish Luck

US One sheet movie poster, Irish Luck is a 1939 American comedy-adventure film directed by Howard Bretherton. The film, also known as Amateur Detective in the United Kingdom, was produced by Monogram Pictures. Plot Summary The film follows Buzzy O'Brien, a hotel bellhop and aspiring detective, who gets involved in a murder investigation when a hotel guest is killed and $100,000 in bonds disappear. The police suspect Kitty Monahan, a young lady with whom Buzzy is infatuated. To help her, Buzzy hides her at his mother's apartment. With the help of his friend, the hotel porter Jefferson, Buzzy sets out to find the real killer. The film was a success for Monogram Pictures and was the first of a series of films starring Frankie Darro and Mantan Moreland as a detective duo.