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Half a Sinner (1940)
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5 April 1940 (USA)
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Although young and beautiful, schoolteacher Anne Gladden fears a dull future. She finally decides to take a walk on the wild side...
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(Complete credited cast) | Heather Angel | ... | Anne Gladden |
| John 'Dusty' King | ... | Larry Cameron (as John King) |
| Constance Collier | ... | Mrs. Jefferson Breckenridge |
| Walter Catlett | ... | Turnpike Gas Station Attendant |
| Tom Dugan | ... | Red Egan |
| Robert Elliott | ... | Officer Kelly |
| Clem Bevans | ... | Snuffy |
| Emma Dunn | ... | Granny Gladden |
| Henry Brandon | ... | Handsome, Red's Sidekick |
| William B. Davidson | ... | Slick Kopesco |
| Fern Emmett | ... | Margaret Reed |
| Sonny Bupp | ... | Willy |
| Wilbur Mack | ... | Chauffeur Mason |
| Joe Devlin | ... | Steve, Kopesco Goon |
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Everything Happens to Annie (USA) (working title)
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59 min
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Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
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USA:Approved (PCA #6834)
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Comedy noir would seem to be a contradiction in terms, but there are in fact movies in this vein that deserve serious attention, particularly The Ladykillers (1951). A much lesser entry, however, is Universal's 1940 release, Half a Sinner, in which a none-too-flatteringly photographed and costumed Heather Angel is pursued not only by comic cops and comic crooks but by smiling bland man, John King. The second last of over 400 films (many of them shorts) directed by comedy giant, Al Christie, this Trouble with Harry/Midnight Manhunt effort is somewhat repetitious but pleasant enough to talk during and even come late for. The players do what they can with their something-borrowed (cf. the overcoat device in Manhattan Melodrama), something-thin material, but only Clem Bevans, Tom Dugan, William B. Davidson and ever-reliable Constance Collier really shine.