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Frederick Nebel (story)
Kenneth Gamet (screenplay) ...
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2 January 1937 (USA) more
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Journalist Torchy Blane and her fiance Lt. Steve McBride are trying to solve the murder of Tim Torgson, who was killed right before Torchy's eyes. more | add synopsis
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Fast paced comedy/mystery features Torchy Blane... more (8 total)
Cast
(Complete credited cast)| Glenda Farrell | ... | Torchy Blane | |
| Barton MacLane | ... | Steve McBride | |
| Wini Shaw | ... | Dolly Ireland (as Winifred Shaw) | |
| Addison Richards | ... | Fitz Mularkey | |
| Robert Paige | ... | Lewis Friel (as David Carlyle) | |
| Craig Reynolds | ... | Tom Carney | |
| Charlotte Wynters | ... | Marcia Friel (as Charlotte Winters) | |
| Jane Wyman | ... | Dixie - Hatcheck Girl | |
| Joseph Crehan | ... | 'Tiny' Torgenson | |
| Tom Kennedy | ... | Gahagan | |
| John Sheehan | ... | Leon Blyfuss | |
| Max Wagner | ... | Chuck Cannon | |
| George Lloyd | ... | Pickney Sax |
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59 min
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USA:Approved (PCA #2568)
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Some cast members in studio records/casting call lists did not appear or were not identifiable in the movie. These were (with their character names): George Beranger (Trusty), Sol Gorss (Truck Driver), Jack Mower (Policeman) and Stuart Holmes (Houseman) more
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Followed by Torchy Runs for Mayor (1939) more
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Day Dreams more
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This is an enjoyable little comedy/mystery in the Torchy Blane series that starred GLENDA FARRELL and BARTON MacLAINE on the trail of a killer involved in a nightclub mystery.
Farrell is a fast-talking newspaper reporter smitten by her policeman boyfriend MacLaine. The breezy byplay between the reporter gal and her boyfriend is snappy enough to keep the plot moving briskly towards a solution of the murder. JANE WYMAN pops up as a flighty hatcheck girl who has almost no bearing on the plot.
Interesting to spot ROBERT PAIGE in an early role before Universal groomed him for a bid toward stardom opposite stars like Deanna Durbin (in "Can't Help Singing").
Passes the time but strictly a programmer.