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User Rating:
6.4/10   107 votes
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Director:

Frank McDonald

Writers:

Frederick Nebel (story)
Kenneth Gamet (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

2 January 1937 (USA) more

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Mystery | Sport more

Plot:

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

User Comments:

Entertaining hour and one half, I enjoyed it. more (8 total)


Cast

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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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Additional Details

Runtime:

59 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:Approved (PCA #2568)


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

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

Movie Connections:

Followed by Torchy Runs for Mayor (1939) more

Soundtrack:

Day Dreams more


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8 out of 9 people found the following comment useful.
Entertaining hour and one half, I enjoyed it., 24 January 2000
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Author: asia1 (asia1@bellsouth.net) from Atlanta, Georgia, USA

It was nice seeing Barton MacClane as the good guy. Glenda Farrell and Ginger Rogers are look alikes. At first sight I though it was Ginger. Also got a kick out of seeing a very young Jane Wyman as Dixie. The mystery was a bit contrived but I'd see the movie again.

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