Private Detective (1939)

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55 min - Action | Adventure | Comedy - 9 December 1939 (USA)

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When they are forced to work together, rival detectives fall in love.

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	Jane Wyman	...	Myrna 'Jinx' Winslow
	Dick Foran	...	Lt. Jim Rickey
	Gloria Dickson	...	Mona Lannon
	Max 'Slapsie Maxie' Rosenbloom	...	Detective Brody (as Maxie Rosenbloom)
	John Ridgely	...	Donald Norton
	Morgan Conway	...	Nathan 'Nat' Flavin
	John Eldredge	...	Millard K. Lannon
	Joseph Crehan	...	Capt. 'Murph' Murphy
	William B. Davidson	...	Inspector Evans (as William Davidson)
	Selmer Jackson	...	Simmy Sanger (as Selmar Jackson)
	Vera Lewis	...	Mrs. Widner, Testifying Neighbor
	Julie Stevens	...	Elsie, Mona's Maid
	Jack Mower	...	Detective Dolan
	Henry Blair	...	Robert 'Bobby' Lannon
	Earl Dwire	...	Justice of the Peace (scenes deleted)

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Private detective "Jinx" Wilsnow is working on the case of a divorcée who is accused of murdering her ex-husband. She and police detective Jim Rickey, working on the same crime, cross and criss-cross each other's path to the extent they decide more progress would be made if they work together. Written by Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>

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Hey Fellows...LET'S GET IN TROUBLE...JANE WYMAN'S A DETECTIVE NOW! (original ad) See more »

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Action | Adventure | Comedy | Mystery | Romance

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USA

Language:

English

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9 December 1939 (USA) See more »

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Warner Bros. Pictures, First National Pictures See more »

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55 min

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Mono

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Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

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Lt. Jim Rickey: Jinx, why don't you quit playing detective?
Myrna "Jinx" Winslow: Why don't you stop pickin' on me!
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Featured in Dirty Harry's Way (1971) See more »

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